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There is only one practical way to fight heart disease,- namely by supporting your Heart Foundation's balanced programs of , research, education and information. You can do this by contributing Heart Fund dollars. Truly, the Heart Fund deserves a place at the very top of your 'giving for Ealth’ list. Send your con- tribution to the nadian Heart Fund, 247 Davenport Road, Toronto 180. The heart problem is no distant abstraction. Although national and international in scope, it exists as a painful and costly reality right here in this city. If you have doubts, examine the obituaries which appear in our daily newspapers. You will find that our local mor- tality experience closely parallels national figures; that, on the average, about half our death notice will mention 'heart attack' 'stroke' or 'heart disease'. All too often these terms are applied to family breadwinners in the prime of life - men in the 45 to 65 year age bracket. Diseases of the heart and circulation, which your Heart Fund dollars help to fight, are responsible for more than 75,000 deaths in Canada each year. That is more than the com- bined total, resulting from all other diseases and causes of death. In fact these cardiovascular diseases account for over 50 percent of all deaths. The Heart Fund is uniquely important. Essentially, it is a combined appeal supporting the nationwide fight against a great complex of diseases and disorders - heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure and hardening of the ar- teries, rheumatic fever and inborn heart defects, to mention only a few. ' Furthermore, our headline and entire story was carefully worded to avoid any implication that he was currently using any form of drug. In his report to the board, however, when asked whether he had ever tried marijuana or hashish, Mr. Scott said: "Yes, once; to see what it was like." Mr. Scott took exception to the Times headline "Val Scott admits having used pot" and the first sentence of an article in the January 29 issue - "I know about marijuana because I have used it," said Val Scott - calling it inaccurate and ex- tremely misleading. It is important for everyone to realize that the Heart Fund, conducted here and throughout Canada during February is something more than 'just another health drive'. In it Mr. Scott describes the incidents at a recent Drugs and People forum held at Daystrom Drive public school that led to his statement that he had used an illegal substance during an experiment. Trustee Val Scott offered a personal statement on drugs to members and officials of North York btard..o! _edu_cation_on Monday. T PAGE 4 A unique health cause I naccorattyand misleading? Published at 2159 Weston Rd., Weston by Principal Publishing Ltd., every Thursday Wade”: Telephone 241-521 I Soconu can Mail animation Numbu 1588 SUBSCRIPTION RATES $7.00 per you in advanca to any address in Canada Ottutr countries $9.00 W. K. Wilson, Genoa! Mam a. J. LoMaiuo. Advonising Monaco: Mrs. Damn Fuwcon, Editor Chum": Amati-Mg , Mrs. Edythe Manner: Displov Advertising Bomb. LoM-itu - Loigh Siegfried The result can also be a feeling of renewed energy and unexplainable outbursts of laughter. The effects are less intense for inex- perienced users but these people can also have panic reactions. WHATHAPPENS Users have described the effect as "a sense of exhilaration" and "become self-confident and more aware of my surroundings." However it is used, pot and hashish smell like burning rope. Hashish is sold in cakes or blocks and ranges from light brown to nearly black in color and crumbly to very hard in consistency. Hash usually smoked in a pipe or placed on the burning tip of an ordinary cigarette so the smoke can be inhaled through some sort of makeshift tube. Marijuana can range in color from greyish green to greenish brown and in texture from very coarse to a substance comparable with ground pepper. It is usually smoked in hand-rolled cigarettes, thinner than usual, with a twisted or folded end to retain the marijuana. WHAT IS IT? Marijuana and ha'shish are both obtained from the hemp plant. Marijuana comes from the flowering tops and upper leaves and hashish is obtained from the resinous material given off by these tops and leaves. Every teenager in Weston and North York probably knows where to get marijuana. Most of them are also well informed about the use and effect of it. In North York alone, out of an ap. proximate 40,000 teens in the "involveable age bracket" some 30,000 have tried it at least once according to police. Some 3,000 use it or other drugs regularly. Hashish comes from the same plant as marijuana does, is many times more powerful than marijuana, Was it marijuana or w'as it hashish that Mr. Scott tried? y ggesn’t really matter. Dear Sir: " I see where Trustee Val Scott, law-breaker, is at it again trying yo whitewash another one d his escapades - the one in which he ad. mitted trying drugs! (Drugs are symptoms - Scott, Weston Times, February 5). LETTERS TO THE EDITOR _ V " - .: _ Hashish in natural setting? usn matMr. Scott tried? setting ..." is laughable, doesn't really matter. especially when one takes hish comes from the the trouble to read and e plant as marijuana compare the three previous 's is many times more newspaper accounts of his erful than marijuana, illegal ace Two sides_of the fence By Roéemary Bren; Others feel that the sub. stances are indeed damaging and that legalization would increase the drug's use, lead people to graduate to heroin and other hard drugs and thus escalate what is already a deadly problem. After reviewing the facts available, many young people and also responsible adults feel that the use of marijuana and hashish should be legalized and controlled by the food and drug act in a manner comparable to our present liquor laws. If its use lessens the ability to concentrate, does marijuana have an effect on the learning process? A recently publicised study on pot's effect on driving ability supposedly showed that drinking drivers where a were a greater hazard on the highways, but the Addiction Research Foundation states that the quantities of marijuana and alcohol were not equal in test usage. Some officials in the drug addiction field feel that marijuana can produce the same psychotic effects as LSD if taken over a long period of time. A study of about 5,000 heroin addicts conducted in California in 1962 revealed that 95 percent of them had used marijuana before turning to hard drugs. The Addiction Research Fours. dation of Ontario states in their publications that there is no reliable information about the proportion of all pot smokers who graduate to stronger stuff. There appears to be some doubt about the harmful and addictable qualities of pot. As the drug's effect wears off the user may feel lethargic and sleepy or suffer from some nervous irritability, much like a liquor hangover. To say, as he did, "It just happened at an adult gatrtering-rin a very natural What kind of eiample is this for a schoql Trustee to set for our school children? anditisagaimtthelawto me it, " it is to use marijuana. So - Mr. Scott broke the law, - deliberately! "We in Metro have a fair share of problems already, "Mr. White told the executive com- mittee which includes the mayors of the other Metro municipalities. "In view of the inflation- ary trend of today an we afford to expand?" he asked. The committee agreed that it should have a meeting with Premier John Robarts on the future boundary for the federation. The executive committee at Metro shelved a Metro planning board recommendation that Metro adopt a position that it should take in an additional area at least covering the Metro planning region, a total of 720-square miles. This would mean the addition of nine municipalities to the federation. Six in York County and three in Ontario County to the east. “We have never made sG"'iiiiii"miii',e' study to determine our financial obligations," Mr. Campbell admitted. The mayor of each Metro municipality has agreed to have their local councils consider authorizing Metro to control any major lottery. Expansion shelved York Mayor Philip White warned Metro last week not to be in a big rush to expand its boun- dary into adjaceanemi rural municipalities. .The borough mayor discovered in quest- ioning Metro Chairman Albert Campbell at a Metro meeting that Metro had not undertaken any study to determine the financial impact of trying to..provide services beyond its borders. Mr. Campbell said a Metro run lottery could assist in financing cultural grants, hospital grants, establishment of parks and non professional recreational and sports facilities. Mr. White and Torontoos Mayor William Dennison are concerned about the establishment of a post sharing formula with the federal and provincial authorities on waterfront redevelop- ment as well as the appointment of an agency to implement the plan. "We shouldn't go ahead on a hit-and-miss basis," Mr. White said. North York Mayor Basil Hall agreed that the York mayor had a valid point. "Lets not approve any further studies until a policy is set," he said. The Metro chairman agreed that the local municipalities could be responsible for issuing licenses tor church operated bingo games and service club raffles where the prizes under the new legislation authorized by the province go up from $50 to a maximum of $3,500. Metro Chairman Albert Campbell appeared at Metro executive to be in agreement with York's mayor. He asked the mayors of each Metro municipality to leave the operation of maj0r lotteries to Metro government. "I ask that each of the boroughs and the city not get into the major lotteries," Mr. Campbell said. "We should not put money into the water- front redevelopment until there is a policy," the York mayor said. Metro executive didn't agree and authorized a $48,000 expenditure for con- sulting engineers who will study the Scarborough Bluffs and what role it should play in the total re- development plan. Last October Metro also awarded a $25,000 contract for a study of the Etobicoke waterfront. d Incidentally, how many adult gatherings - in very natural settings, have your readers recently attended, at which they "just happened" to have tiiarijuiiita or "I can see some merit in a Metro wide lot- tery but having each borough competing with the other in prize money, I wouldn't like to see that," Mr. White said. _ Curb on lotteries A large number of lotteries being conducted by each Metro municipality under new provincial legislation dhin't meet with the ap- proyel of York Mayor Philip White last week. Metro has been waiting for more than two years for the federal and provincial govern- ments to come to terms on the establishment of a single waterfront agency that would implement the 50-mile redevelopment plan. A policy for Metro's waterfront redevelop- ment was demanded last week by York Mayor Philip White. ' V Waterfront policy and brush Mr. Scott. Keep a1 whitewashing! Yours sincerely, Reuben Sewer. Tell, We is your bucket ah