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MICHAELPATTINSON wrote:

> Vistaril being given to a 74 year old man who has had a stroke and been
> speech impaired? Vistaril is used for two purposes - antihistamine or
> anti-anxiety/sedative. For a stroke victim with speech impairment, I
> would believe that any "antihistamine" arguement is easily discredited,
> but I am not a doctor so make no claims of this being an expert
> conclusion. Hubbard was being sedated by someone, and very likely with
> something that would cause severe adverse reactions. Purposeful? Was
> *that* perhaps the major contributor to his death itself?
A couple years ago I mailed Steve Dyer, a fairly well-known Usenet authority on pharmacology, about the uses of hydroxyzine. He indicated that as of 1986, it would be rare to use it as an anxiolytic or hypnotic, as there were much better drugs available, and its primary use would be as an antipruritic, i.e. to control intense itching.

Now there is anecdotal evidence that in his later years Hubbard frequently experienced parasitosis-the sensation of bugs crawling all over the skin.

It can be caused by chronic amphetamine abuse, something that Hubbard was no stranger to, and some speculate that the whole notion of Body Thetans was based on this. It seems to me that Occam's Razor says that Hubbard was taking the drug to relieve parasitosis and that he received it by injection rather than orally simply because he had trouble swallowing after his stroke.

Check out:

http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3913265,00.html "It is known as 'crazy medicine'. Now 'yaba' a new drug more popular than heroin in parts of the Far East, is heading for Britain, amid warnings that it could supersede Ecstasy as the drug of choice for the country's clubbers.

The drug, which creates an intense hallucinogenic effect and can enable users to stay awake for days on end, was originally created by German chemists instructed by Adolf Hitler to find a stimulant that would help his soldiers to fight around the clock."

This uber-speed not only induces speed bugs, but it appears to have had a prior "underground scene" around LRH's time!

"The so-called Nazi method of making yaba was first noticed in Thailand more than 30 years ago. At the time it was legal and would be sold at petrol stations alongside soft drinks and cigarettes. Long-distance lorry drivers would pop the pills to help them work through the night.

Possession and supply of yaba was criminalised in 1970, but the market simply went underground."

Is it possible that LRH encountered this stuff? Did LRH and crew ever set sail for Thailand?

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