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PAGE 17 - PLAINDEAI.FR . WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY if. lflt I V.A. NEWS ! ADDICTION STUDY In a study recently completed at West Side VA hospital in Chicago, drug dependent veterans received significant benefits from treatment for drug abuse. The study, to be published in the International Journal of the Addictions, followe'd 469 veterans over the course of their treatment. The patients were considered "hard core" addicts. They were addicted to heroin for an average of 8 years; they spent an average of 3 years in prison (mainly for crimes against property and for narcotic crimes), and they were mostly unemployed for over 1 year. .In addition, they were multiple drug abusers taking heroin, alcohol, marijuana, Talwin, and occasionally cocaine. Many had psychiatric problems. Most patients had been treated for drug depen­ dence on two other occasions without success. They were considered inveterate and refractory to treatment efforts. The study found that after six months in treatment, heroin use decreased significantly and these gains were maintained after 1 year in treatment. At the end of 1 year in treatment, 84 percent were employed fulltime, and their arrest rate dropped to near zero. The patients showed no measurable gains in par­ ticipation in school or in training programs while in treatment. In contrast to success seen for patients remaining in treatment, those who dropped out within 30 days and followed up 1 year later, were found to have increased their heroin habit over the previous year while their arrest rate remained unchanged. Only 18 percent of this group were working full time and a few were in school. In addition to the poor outcome for un­ treated drug dependence, many of the dropouts were in jail at the time of followup, and 3 percent of the dropouts had died during the intervening year due to drug-related deaths. Seconds Can Save Lives Harry May, principal at James Bush elementary school, shows Tom Kinney, Penny Beck, Hollie Meier, Randy Thiel, Mike Neurauter, Robert Stewart, Richard Long and Julie Christy booklet on fire safety following recent program. Seconds can save lives when a fire hits the home and using those seconds wisely is im­ perative. The formation of a family fire-escape plan was the subject of a recent program by John Scott, regional coor­ dinator of public relations for the Country Companies, when he spoke to the students at J.C. Bush Elementary and the Middle schools in Johnsburg. He said development ot a fire-escape plan should in-L elude: mapping the fastest exits from every room - not depending totally on the use of d6ors and stairs; making sure everyone knows how to escape from each room, especially his own bedroom; learning the proper way to use doors and windows, learning how to crawl and how to jump; picking an outside assembly point; and learning how to call for help. Perhaps the most important part of a family fire-escape plan is practice. Test each family member on the fire escape procedure by con­ ducting frequent family home fire drills, Scott recommended. He also discussed fire alarms. According to Dr. Robert J. Craig, Ph. D., clinical psychologist who conducted the study and who is also the program director of the Drug Treatment center at West Side VA. "drug dependence can be successfully treated, but patients must remain long enough for treatment to take effect." One problem noted by the study is the high dropout rate during the course of the study. Dr. Craig cautioned that the results should be interpreted against the fact that those who remain in treatment might be a different type of drug addict than those who drop out. Nevertheless, great optimism was felt for those who could remain in treatment. Dr. Craig said that "although the public outcry against drug abuse seems to have subsided, the problem remains, and the VA's efforts to treat drug dependence is no less intense. Because of widespread publicity given to drugs in Vietnam, it is often thought many older veterans may be unaware that the same treatment is available to them." In the Chicago area three of the four VA hospitals have specific programs for drug dependent veterans. The other two are Hines and North Chicago VA hospitals. 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