Important Message to Parents

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

From: Bernard.A.Galler () um cc umich edu
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Subject: Important Message to Parents


My daughter works at Syntex Pharmaceutical.  I have no reason
to believe that this is not authentic.
Bernie Galler


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 I thought this was so frightening!  Everybody should be aware of
          this.


               Marilyn




          IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO PARENTS:


A form of tatoo called "BLUE STAR" is being sold to school
children.  It is a small piece of paper containing a blue star.
They are the size of a pencil eraser, and each star is soaked
with L.S.D.


The drug is absorbed through the skin simply by handling the
paper.


There are also brightly colored paper tatoos resembling postage
stamps that have the picture of one of the following:


     Superman            Mickey Mouse        Clowns
     Disney Characters   Bart Simpson        Butterflies


Each one is wrapped in foil.


This is a new way of selling acid by appealing to young children.


These are laced with drugs.


If your child gets any of the above, do not handle them.  These
are known to react quickly and some are laced with strychnine.


Symptoms:  Hallucinations, severe vomiting, uncontrolled
laughter, mood changes, change in body temperature.


Please feel free to reproduce this article and distribute it
within your community and work place.  Get the word out about
this danger to our children!


From: J. O'Donnell - Danbury Hospital - Outpatient Chemical
Dependency Treatment Service.


Please copy and post it at your work give to friends, send a copy
to your local schools.  This is very serious - young lives have
already been taken.  This is growing faster than we can warn
parents and professionals.


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To: Bernard.A.Galler () um cc umich edu
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Subject: Parents' Message and Urban Myths (fwd)


My daughter is a bio-statistician, so she didn't vouch for
the chemistry of it.  It arrived over the Syntex network, and
the people there are taking it very seriously.  That's
all I know.


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A colleague of mine says that LSD-soaked tattoos are a classic urban
myth. Some even question whether LSD can be absorbed that way. So..you
have a father whose daughter is a chemist taking it seriously, and
others saying do not worry about it. Obviously, we each need to make
up our own minds about such warnings.



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Rollie Cole
rjc () iti org