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fen Days pro Problems of Third World concern us all HAGGIS HELPERS ma v spall broth but sometimes when theres a croud to be Ted It lakes in III hose empty stomachs ran I Allan Tom Watson Jim McVeigh and mil dim at the Hums Supper at Knox Presbyterian Church in Acton tor here another Hums supper Saturday at the 1 Ions Hall In ieorgeloHn Herald photo by Visitors from South Africa and Guatemala will provide the highlight of this Ten Days for World Development an interchurch educational program Ten Days for World Develop ment is an educational pro gram to help Canad la better understand the pro blems faced by of Third World countries Events organized ai part of the prog ram are open lo church sup porters and members of the public of the will be holding its own service as part of the program and several have organized inter chunli events In Acton St Josephs St Albans Anglican Knox res Trim United and Churchill Com Church will be holding apancldisLUSsinnof lie theme ingoLiving Drug abuse forum turnout reflects greater corncern here in representatives from management labor big and small businesses and Canada Manpower and will dmuHs alternatives in earning Kno vi Herald Georgetown area parents seem more concerned about the dangers of drug abuse than do their counterparts In other of the region Addiction Research Foundation community consultant Dick Mr OBrien and Madcne who is also a community consultant with addressed a group of over people at Georgetown District High School Thursday about drug and alcohol use and Mr OBrien said that he had to groups across the rtgion but never before to such a large group He said it showed the concern of parents in the area about drugs and alcohol Mrs Swarbrick was respon for compiling he of drug and use among students at Trafalgar School Thcslud showed most high students have used alcohol almost half have used marijuana and slightly over one third have smokeI at least Mrs said he results of the are similar to those of a survey conducted among high school students across Ontario by in 1979 Another study the third since 1979 is under ttaj and combined with the other tuo should in drug use she said Hie time students have reached Grade those who ire going to be introduced alcohol or drug use have been Mrs said Researchers are ned mm about those students who arc smoking regularly by the lime hey are in Grade studies have shown this indicates fulurc problems I Students who smoke regularly before Grade are exhibiting a deviant behavior for their age group which indicates drug problems could occur later on Out of Hie sample of 1300 loo felt they were having problems with the use of alcohol and about felt their drug use had become a problem Mrs Swarbnck said Two- thirds had been on one or more weekend drinking sprees involving drinking Friday Saturday and Sunday A r group of students from the original survey was re surveyed six months later and for every drug there was on increase in he number of students using hem In the second study Mrs said There was also a decrease in he number of who were unfamiliar different drugs and heir availability Mr O linen talked about the different drugs and their effects and the reasons why adolescents use drugs Wo are a that means we love drugs he said You know who You are We have woven Into our society the daily use of chemicals There isnl a person in North America who doesnt feel they have to go through the morning routine of pulling chemicals in their body Were coming into the idea that no mailer what kind of problem you have theres a chemical to solve it The media arc adding to the problem by spreading the message of living better chemically Mr OBrien said Most adults have enough experience to view realist adolescents dont and when their friends tell them drugs are great they buy into It lock stock and barrel DRUG POWER Were have a tendency to attribute to drugs a power they not only never had but that no drug ever had he said He cited the examples of ads which promise to make 40yearold woman look 15 overnight and certain beer commercials which imply that by drinking a particular beer a man will become tougher Lifestyle commercials are the biggest example of fication Take a look at your Whats wrong with it Youre drinking the wrong The scare used in the 1960s about the bad of drugs backfired problem to young people today although the popular stimulant caffeine poses something of a problem to those adults who drink it in large quantities Mr OBrien said Hallucinogenic drugs distort the brain and the person perception of reality Three basic hallucinogens In use In and everywhere else Were a chemophile society thut means tee love drugs You know who the chemophiles are You are spokesman because teenagers reject good information about drugs Mr O Bnen said Its up o parents and teachers to de mystify drugs he said Drugs arc divided Into a number of categories accord ing to how they affect the body Psychoactive drugs those which affect the central nervous system and the brain are the ones being used by adolescents They fall into three categories depressants stimulants and hallucinogen- Depressants which slow a person down Mr OBrien said three kinds of depressant opiates alcohol and sedatives Opiates include opium morphine codeine and heroin Most people dont consider alcohol a depressant appears to act as a stimulant in small doses Alcohol has a tendency to depress out inhibitions and the little foot that lives in every bodys head comes out and dances on a table Mr OBrien said Shmulanls speed up the function of the central nervous system Someone who Is taking a stimulant will talk incessant ly and heir blood pressure will go up Slimulanls arent a serious are LSD and marijuana LSD is a colorless odorless tasteless drug one drop of which can produce a oogenic experience lasting four hours The drug is sold either in the form of a tiny pill known as a microdot on a piece of blotter paper or on a piece of soluble celluloid Mr OBrien said that from his standpoint a clinician LSD has two major difficulti es Thepersonlsinnoconact reality and therefore is unable to protect themselves Horn might harm hem There is also the problem of an anxiety attack or bad trip when the person has had a bad reaction to the drug The other major problem Is known as flashback where a person who has taken LSD can the hallucinoge nic experience at some later period without taking the drug again ANGEL DUST Is also known as Angel Dust or Hog because its a largeanimal tranquilizer When the amount of given to a animal is given to a 11 pound adolesc ent he gets an overdose and has a reaction Mr OBrien said The drug comes in tablet or powder form but because it has a bad reputation on the street It Is often sold Tb he said The average price for a hit of LSD or is which Is well within the reach of most adolescents Cannabis is the name of Ihe plant from which marijuana Is produced Marijuana Is the leaf of the cannabis plant while hashish comes from the flowering top of the plant The THC content In a Joint Is between three and six per cent being the active ent of the drug Hashish usually comes in cake form and la yellow green or black in color Mr OBrien said It is smoked In a hash pipe or a water pipe and has a THC content of between and per cent Two forms of oil also come from the cannabis plant grass oil and hash oil Grass oil is made by boiling the leaves into a liquid while hash oil Is made by boiling hash Into a liquid The content of grass oil can be as high as per cent while in hash oil it can be up to per cent The oil is laced into cigarette paper and the paper rolled into a cigarette using either grass or tobacco The cigarette or Joint can also be dipped in the oil Drugs provide a sense of belonging for some en Is a sense of identity and a feeling of relaxation In talking to someone who uses drugs I ask them what benefits theyre getting Mr OBrien said I want to help them realize they can get those benefits through other Mr OBrien said those adolescents with lots of other activities and accomplish ments arc unlikely use drugs Of all the adolescents using drugs in North America per cent dont have a drug problem Ihey have an a doles cent problem If they deal with and resolve ine problem will grow up to be a normal healthy person Presbyterian and St Anglican Church in Acton will be hosting two visitors from Guatemala The man is a laborer who was loo active in trade unions to suit the Guatemalan government and so he was exiled The young woman accompanying lator he daughter of a Canadian vn an and her Guatemalan bus The couple will visit St 10 Feb 3 and Knox a m They will also be visiting St Johns in Georgetown the same day Mahlangu who has been exiled from South Africa will be a guesl speaker United Church Feb 1 and at Trinity United Church in Acton Miss Mahlangu was in he Commit tee of ID the Action Committee People United lo Save Orphans he Industrial Feeding Scheme Alive and organizations In Information on services be ing offered at various churches is available by acting the church Plans to develop downtown centres With a drafl maintenance and occupancy standards bylaw ready for circulation the town planning board will have consultants prepare rede velopment guidelines for the Acton and Georgetown down town business cores The board accepted a staff last Tuesday night one of four consul ting firms whose applications were alt endorsed by down town boards of directors for both downtown Business Improvement Areas IBIAs las month Win McDonalds Gift Certificates and Watches get your crayons and felt markers going to win cer tificates for delicious food at mc donalds entries will be judged on originality and each month there will be a draw for a unique Mcdonald watch enter as of ten as you like submit your entry to the herald NAME ADDRESS TELEPHONE AGE like- can do it can BATIK DEMONSTRATION by Judy Starkey Saturday January 241h pm Georgetown Public Library Squaro WATCH THIS 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