A distinguished psychopharmacologist and professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Roland Griffiths spent decades studying the mechanisms of dependence on mood-altering drugs.
The drugs had been the third rail of scientific inquiry. But in a landmark study, he saw them as a legitimate way to help alleviate suffering and even to reach a mystical state.
According to the Vernon County Sheriff, on Tuesday morning, 46-year-old Charles Schuster from Menomonee Falls began to skid on County Highway EE as he tried to slow down for an intersection on State Highway 80. Authorities claim Schuster heading west slid through the stop sign and missed striking a school bus heading north on State Highway 80.