PEOPLE WATCH

By GREG BRAXTON

May 10, 1990 12 AM PT

<i> Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press</i>

Carlin Heads LSD Benefit: Comedian George Carlin will headline a benefit to help promote scientific LSD research. The May 23 event at Hollywood Live will help fund a permanent site for the Albert Hoffman Foundation, the world’s largest archives of LSD research. Hoffman discovered the psychedelic drug in 1938. Joining Carlin will be LSD authority Timothy Leary.

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Greg Braxton

A lifelong Los Angeles resident, Greg Braxton has written for the Los Angeles Times for more than three decades. He currently is a staff writer covering television for the Calendar section, and has also written extensively about trends and cultural issues in the entertainment field.

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