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the HERALD Sunday December 1991 1991 The Year in Review Posties prepared Delmar French honored Retiring after years of service and dedication to the Town of Haiton Hills Deputy Clerk Delmar French was presented with many gifts Including this painting during his retirement party He was honored by family and friends Herald Photo Study probes student drug use Although fewer students are us ing alcohol and other drugs those who do use are consuming more a new study by the Addiction Research Foundation shows The good news is that the percentage of students using alcohol and other drugs has decreased over the past decade and even in the past two years says ARF scientist Reginald Smart But on the down side our study shows a small but signifi cant increase in the percentage of students considered to be heavy users of drugs adds Smart The Ontario Student Drug Use Survey conducted by Smart Ed ward and Gordon Walsh features some important conclu sions including a statement on the influence of prevention pro grams on drug use Smart notes that drug education for those in volved in heavier drug use will continue to be a challenge for educational and health authorities Drug prevention programs are having a major impact on the infrequent drug user he says But programs have a more dif ficult task in reaching the more committed problematic drug user Edward says there is a very different profile of drug use compared to the profile of a decade ago Back then there were more casual drug users and there was a smaller percentage of heavy drug users The study shows an increase in the percentage of students in the Grades 7 to range who dont use any drugs including alcohol and tobacco The percentage of nonusers increased to 36 per cent this year compared with per cent in and 17 in 1979 For the drugs surveyed cur rent rates of use are lower than rates of about a decade ago Alcohol the major drug of choice for students was used by 7 per cent of survey respondents this year compared with 66 per cent in The percentage of students using cocaine solvents nonmedical stimulants and tran quillizers glue and bar biturates also decreased Students are starting to take drugs at an older age than their counterparts of a decade ago adds From to the percentage of drug users try ing drugs for the first time before Grade dropped for alcohol tobacco and cannabis The latest ART- student drug use survey was conducted in ear 1991 among almost On tario students in Grades 9 11 and 13 The results were com pared with data from seven surveys the has conducted every two years since mak ing the project the longest systematic study of drug use among youth in Canada The study reveals that among those who drink there was an increase in the frequency of drinking and of becoming drunk The of drinkers consuming five or more drinks once a week has also in creased to 5 per cent this year compared with 3 in 1981 The percentage of those repor ting police contact because of their drinking also increased This year 9 2 per cent of the drinkers surveyed reported en counters with the law compared with only 8 per cent in But there was a notable decrease in the percentage of students who reported driving after drinking says Smart In about per cent of licensed students said they had driven after having two or more drinks but when we asked the same questions this year that statistic dropped to 20 per cent The study also shows an in crease in the percentage of young smokers using or more cigarettes daily as well as an in crease in the percentage of can nabis users who consume the drug daily The findings of our student surveys are in stark contrast to the statistics on drug use among other groups of young people such as street youth which in volved rates of drug use that are 10 times greater says Smart Although a promising trend of reduced drug use is evident among students we cant be com he adds Prevalence has declined but we are concern ed about the increase in heavy users of alcohol tobacco and can nabis The Addiction Research is an agency of the Pro vince of Ontario The postal workers have prepared their picket signs once again and Hills is just one of the areas which will be hard hit when the decide to hit the streets Strike alert was placed on Georgetown and Actons Canada Post letter earners and inside workers along with the workers across the country Moore President of the areas Canadian Union of Postal Workers local said a strike is likely because management is unwilling to bargain in good faith Mr Moore said the management and workers are at odds on a num ber of different issues including contract length wages cost of living allowance COLA and job security Canada Post spokesperson Joyce Wells said the Conciliation Board which is considering both sides of the dispute was given a 14day ex tension to submit its recom mendation to the minister Ms Wells appears to be optimistic that a strike will be avoided Both par ties have been negotiating for ap proximately two years and they are not going to throw that away she Said A prisoner from the Correctional Centre in Milton has escaped from a work gang said Region police Police said Leonard Gary Lan dry 37 was out of the centre on a work gang excursion to clear bush at the Elliot Track Conservation Area on 2nd Line north of 15 Sideroad in Milton Mr Landry had dropped a package of cigarettes one of the bushes and had gone unattended to retrieve them When Mr Landry had failed to return the road boss reported him missing Police said Mr Landry is in custody for a break and enter dangerous weapons and assault charges An anonymous caller informed police Mr Landry might have gone to help his brother in who is taking care of Mr Landrys daughter The Georgetown man charged with robbing a Macs Milk con store Georgetown pleaded guilty in a Milton court Victor Cunningham was sen tenced to two years in jail in court August Mr Cunningham will appear m court Dec on three other charges of break enter and theft in con with a 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