COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON
CONTINUES TONIGHT WITH
MORE ON THAT COUPLE ARRESTED
AFTER BEING
CAUGHT IN THE ACT IN THE MIDDLE
OF A NEIGHBORHOOD
STREET.
NICOLE GAMBRELL AND LOGAN WRIGHT
ARE CHARGED
WITH PUBLIC INDECENCY AND CHILD
MOLESTATION.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE TWO
ADMITTED TO TAKING L-S-D
BEFORE TAKING OFF THEIR CLOTHES.
BOTH GAMBRELL AND
WRIGHT HAVE BONDED OUT OF THE
COLUMBIA COUNTY JAIL.
JENNIE:
NEWSCHANNEL 6'S MIKE MILLER IS
LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM
TONIGHT. AND MIKE, YOU SPOKE
WITH A COUNSELOR AT A
LOCAL ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTER
ABOUT
THE DANGERS OF L-S-D.
MIKE:
STEPPING STONES TO RECOVERY IS
LOCATED IN AUGUSTA.
ONE OF THE TREATMENT CENTER'S
COUNSELORS TALKED WITH US ABOUT
HIS
EXPERIENCE WITH THE PSYCHEDELIC
DRUG AND HOW THERE ISN'T MUCH
DATA OUT
THERE ABOUT THE LONG-TERM
EFFECTS OF IT.
MIKE MILLER:
WHEN MARCEL PAYNE HEARD THE NEWS
THAT TWO TEENS WERE CAUGHT
HAVING SEX IN THE STREET, HE WAS
SHOCKED.
BUT WHEN HE HEARD THE TWO HAD
TAKEN LSD BEFOREHAND, HE HAD A
DIFFERENT
REACTION.
MARCEL PAYNE:
"I WONDER WHERE THEY GOT IT
FROM, ONLY BECAUSE THE RATES OF
THE DRUG
USE ARE SO LOW."
MIKE:
PAYNE IS A COUNSELOR AT STEPPING
STONES TO RECOVERY. HE SAYS
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HE'S
HEARD OF LSD BEING USED IN THE
AUGUSTA AREA.
MARCEL PAYNE:
"LSD IS A HALLUCINOGEN. IT WAS
ORIGINALLY DISCOVERED BY A
RESEARCHER LOOKING TO FOR WAYS
TO HELP WITH CHILD BIRTH." MIKE:
THE DRUG GAINED POPULARITY IN
THE 1960'S, BUT HAS ITS USE HAS
SINCE
DECLINED.
MARCEL PAYNE:
"RATES OF LSD USE ARE RIGHT
AROUND 1.3% OF ALL 12TH GRADERS.
IN
COMPARISON, MARIJUANA USE IS
ROUGHLY 12%.""
MIKE:
REGARDLESS OF HOW LITTLE THE
DRUG IS USED, PAYNE SAYS LSD IS
STILL
DANGEROUS.
MARCEL PAYNE:
"YOU BECOME IMPERVIOUS TO WHAT'S
AROUND YOU. YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF
YOUR SURROUNDINGS. IF IT'S
DANGER, YOU'RE UNAWARE OF IT.
YOU CAN HURT
YOURSELF WITHOUT KNOWING ABOUT
IT OR HURT SOMEBODY ELSE AND IT
WON'T EVEN REGISTER AS I'VE DONE
SOMETHING WRONG."
MIKE:
PAYNE IS HELPING OUT ADDICTS
NOW, BUT AT ONE POINT, HE WAS AN
ADDICT
HIMSELF. IN FACT, HE HAS DONE
LSD IN THE PAST.
MARCEL PAYNE:
"SIZES AND SHAPES OF THINGS
BECOME DISTORTED. PERCEPTION IS
DISTORTED. REALITY IS DISTORTED.
A PERSON WILL BECOME WITHDRAWN
ON THE
INSIDE AND BE CONSUMED BY THEIR
THOUGHTS."
MIKE:
PAYNE NOW SHARING HIS STORY TO
PREVENT OTHERS FROM MAKING BAD
DECISIONS, LIKE
THESE TWO IN COLUMBIA COUNTY.
MARCEL PAYNE:
"OF COURSE, THE EMBARASSMENT AND
THE SHAME. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE
WHAT
THEIR PARENTS ARE THINKING."
MIKE: BECAUSE OF HOW LITTLE LSD
IS USED, THERE ARE NOT MANY
STUDIES OUT
THERE ABOUT THE LONG-TERM HEALTH
EFFECTS OF IT.
HOWEVER, IF SOMEONE USES THE
DRUG, IT CAN CAUSE PSYCHEDELIC
FLASHBACKS LATER ON IN LIFE,
WHICH CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS.
BRAD:
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