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Tu.ucioy, September 21, 1982 YoL 59, No 8 • Man sought 'replacement for alcohol' By KEVIN FRANCKt; A man 800.\sed of usina; • Western chemistry lab to produce hallucinogenic dru.gs sa.kI last week that be was only kIoting for • " 'recreational dNg to replace alcohof." Tbomas, Allen ,Hoeiek,. (ormer part-tlme- &raduate student, said TbUfiday tbat he had been exper· Iment,iDa: wltb druas s1mi1ar to JI,roino. Dlmetbo:iylJnpbet.amlne for 15 yean - but only to help _ ~tiCII . "'Ily only purpose w .. to find • . 4nc that mJabt be U8ed lor I.reall.a&. aknbolks, .. well ... r~,*" (or U:DboI," HOIidI: " ..,. III_ two-bour interview at the ,• .mo Couot1 hi. '1've bKI ......., -......,_ ...-.... lifewitb loved-OMS belbc lnvolved """ "" .... hoi ... IJf • •D8Vet' ~ out to ro.te mil' ~ 'se.!Ii.a "di.cL' lD fact, be aakI, DO money wali ~ tDoIICIt &oii:I "lbe ' di'ua" m.II''''' in a Schec:uJe II ~-narmtic, Hosick said he began manulac­ "replacement" drug .... ouJd have to who were cooperative, it wo rked 'lure. Mitb.ac.trine; aDd with being • turin, lkolDO DMA after worting meet. rather well," he said. "'MMuf.c1uring the dnigs" ill penistent felooy offender. His witb 3, 4 Methylenedioxyamph~ . '1t would have to be a drug Hosick said he had taken the ... lenni of tilDe, C'betnk'. lad _ bond baa beeo set at $SO,OOO . amine, also known as MDA, a someone would take in preference ' drug and experienced no undesir­ f ~t. 00It me audt, much' H~ was dresIed cau.aB.y for CDIIl"MKlDd of the &arne chemical of aloobol," Hosick said. "Also, it able side errect., ~ more'ibaD any J)!Xeallll ,inooey J . tbe, early· J:IIOI'D..Iq lntervWew . dasStrteaUOD and similar structure would produce no undesirable side But the dru& was found to CIJIlId'bave m..se &om aeIIiq the WeariDg. flded red ihort.ed as Bl'Omo DMA . effects." produce side effects in many of tbe ~ 4r'uP," the retirM: i::beInJat aakI. Ihirt, braby-61ue t~ Ihort. aDd HoakS saki most of his research Hosick said his quest was never patients, Hosia said, Induding an • Hoiid: ,~ : 01 m , St., 'WOrD Top SI4us without aodts, for an akohol replacement was fulfilled, although he said MDA ina-ease in the systolic rate of the wltb MDA, and said be bad only was tested sevt:ral limes In the blood pressure . ~ and eager In greeting his first recently begun working with early 1910s on aJooholics with Hosick has a patent for a ~.~~§~~~~~~;o/llhe..toetYviIltors ~ Hosick the weekwas enthusiastic since his Bromo DMA . He had experi­ ''mixed results." ~t. Uil old 'l'imeI was 25 mented with about 40 compounds Hosick did all the testing and Set' 1I 0SICK ! minutes .1ow . and s;et two priorities that t~ "Al hen it was given to a1CDholics p .. ge t, Column I ,Bever-ent:,,Pulpit is new arena for former basl--etball star ~- ....... By BARRY L, ROSE pre.&dt and ~P ted a -positloll as bis grandmother's sayingS to associ.a1e minister at tbe church. preacil that young aduJts can make He ,Ud alWayli been addre85ed In the tradition ol tbe church, It as Christians. , as Kenny Ellis; a &.(oot-4 pard, Walter Travis', a deacon, rose at "Jesus Christ ,is still on the lD Diddle "rena, tbe Hilltoppel' the end of EI.I.is' sermon and throne," he sbouted, with severiJ . ICIOI'ed 52& 'career points, ~ motioned that EUts received his guest minister-a . and the church out 60 assists, was an OVC license, saying, "I shook his hand deaoons caIliDg "Amea!" dW'inl: his 'All-Tounwnent t~ selecUon and said, 'Man, you've been 20-minute sermon. and list season rece.lve:d- th ~ p'readting for a· long time,'" " know tocl.., that I can truly ,' , basketball team's prestigjoul'E .-i . meaning Ellis' sermon sounded say I've been fortified , I've beeo Award for character, lead · ~ like that or a veteran minister, sanctified, .. , I know that Jesus loyaJtr, abillt)' ~ aDd iove or After a second to th~ motion, washed my sins away, the churdl's minister, the Rev,Dr. "He did it for me. He did It for a new tiUe Charles Baker, aakeel tbe cooa:re­ you." ...... new gatlon to stand if tbey betieved Before his sermon, the reJ.iaioa EI.I.is should prNCb, An.- the 'fOte, mQoc- said be kDew tbe materia/; be rec~ved his I.ioenIe MId ~onI& be MIl auttiDed aDd would trust ill God.to let .. aperieDc:es be blI ~~~~~~};~1~~t: e~~~~~~~~i''-: ....,oI~eeWlD.t UDng.. 1l1'imotJl)' HniD fromdwn.tl; J'1a., . 'tdI~= t.at,-tbeoIIk::iIIa. uaed SeeELL18 " ..w. t~ as a at~ aDd hleS,C*-l ~ ~ .,,-.:~ . 1 • , . • " " J H....u fJ..ZJ..IJJ Hosick sawdrng' as :·. · alcb~Drl~~placement .~'-' • i".... -, • , 'Eltat_, lot 17, W_ OM' 0( two ,~. JtroaIP. ~1!J4.. ,., \' - Cct!t tllUte4 r........... , Pace - health l"NIOOI. At hll arrai&~ t--- ~ept. 13 . , Olbers .,..ted tor .tr.mck.IDI in ' HOlick...." alttMJuab ·be used treatment for arthritis aM cui Be.inI on lbe c:hemlltry raean:h fI-~ :Oi>I'lU!Itf. but h. BrornoDMA. • .;' ,. W_ern.. facilltiMtoprodoc:etbe-' dennaUtia whicb invotves MDA ,tafr at Wake Forest gave him - aa!'d ' his' pita of innOcence w .. and ita Doo-l. oxk .addition salt, In .ooess to the lab at his oonvenaem:e Napier, al80 • rIdet operator, .. drua: ~~ .1.ISUaIIy~l'\ b.Ia own mostly because he was.unaure of Impreped' HOIIlck"Wltli hIS bard dlemjcall and' •• apparatus smali doses. without having to work the peau the , ~es against Ipni; Despite the potential Hosick nu merous hours that had forced work - and Hosidt wanted to necesaarjtoperfonnlberudions; "I h'aven' talked to 'a lawyer saw for the drug, North Carolina him to leave his job .t the tobaoro emplo), him iI\, a dlemlcaJ ' com· needed IQ.produoe BroD'll).DMA . yet and I'm not familiar with law enforcement offidals didn' company, he said. pound s.upply company he hoped to Many houn Wllte"otten..nteded Kentucky la'o4I so I don' know feel the same wa)'. The drug was Shortly after moving hen!, starl. ~ to Create the ~Ion., ancl.HOIlck ~ wtlat nn !1P against." (Hosick has "'rnisclassified" by North Carolina's Hosick asked Dr. Laurence . "I though he would make a good aaid he frequently: worftci la-the u k@d for-a court-lippointed attor· drug board, Hosick said, as be1ni Boucher, bead of Western's chern· helper fQr my supply company," lab, usually alone, uatU'! or.,' ' .m. ney, but as of ,Thursday, he had similar" to LSD. Hosick was istry department, for work as a Hosick said. "He wp living In ~ . "CtIemtcaJ relICt .. juir don't not received counsel.) arrested in Greenatoro for manu, researdl dlemisl. But the depart· tut at tbe park, and since I bad ot»erve . -v_ro 5' lizMtat;&e," be Beeauae he bas no attorney, fac:turing MOA in S~te.mber 1976. ment had 00 money to hire him, jU5t moved into. larger 'apart- .said.-. Hoelck hun\ been able to get a He pleaded guilty tu the lesser Soucher told Heaid!. : meat, I offered hJm apt.ceto live." hearing to reduce hia $50,000 cash bond. ' l{ t~~ltol·I , ~·a~~~.~f.MR~ · ~ I·" ' f " ·'I"" ·' · " · 7'"·' f1l f · · t} ;-: l: ' " . .. : .. ,11: , .... ~~ . tiDoed.to •• l&bt ~, ta , ': q I'~ 'I', ' ) " U , j ·hlt ' ; · : "i :' .' . "If I'm going tob.ve todo.1ot of p,"",-H. w .......... In N... m - 'M I f' d A_.~ I . h b d ( time, there .. lot of thiftga I Deed ber 1979 aftu Itrvlng the minl- Y 0 11 Y purpose was to In a ~ t ~at mrg t e use J or to,take care of .. " I really need to mum sentence, 33 months. have the bond reduoed," Hosick Hasidc; had 2¥.! yean of parole treating alcoholics, as well as a replaceTlUlnt for alcohol. ' said, len when he was arrested. Ir he had known how mud:! After Hosick was released ~rom trouble working. with oootroUed prison, he moved to Bowling -Thomas AUen'Hosick substances would bring him, he Green, his mot her's hometown and would never haVe done it, Hosick a tity had' frequenlly visitt:d . he Wh ile seekinS aftOther Job, ' mecauseH~bld.l1Olbld.aDY anafter-bOW"Sb~pUabythe said, He came with an extensive bade, Hosk:tt WQl'ked on experiments at legal~ , h.e said be would, DOt cbemi8tr;depal'tmeot; 110 be was "The law is unoonatitutionai," ground in chemistry. Western" lab, ........ s .......l y doln& . diawu ,.~ of the mie' ,,..nat Dever queatloaed by ."emit), or be said. 11Jey taU these drugs He was a Phi Beta Kappa and reseu-d:I for chemistry students bila omd Nap6er without taIkltc·to _ed to leave.