JANUARY 1976 Luster" A JOURNAL OF BETTER LIVING

MAKING MARIJUANA LEGAL

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World Champion Figure Skaters- Their Journey to Innsbruck

Do You Have an Energy Crisis?

Ideas for Combating Loneliness Terry Kubicka, U.S.A. Dianne de Leeuw, Netherlands ■

Gordy McKellen, U.S.A.

Toiler Cranston, Canada Dorothy Hamill, U.S.A. the role discipline plays in their lives; about the respect they have for their bodies, especially regarding the use of drugs; about their goals; about their attitudes toward life. One of the more outspoken and JOURNEY TO flamboyant of the skaters interviewed in Colorado was Gordon McKellen, Jr., the 1975 United States Senior Men's Champion. McKellen's advancement in world competition has been a picture of predictability. His escalating finishes of ninth, eighth, seventh, sixth, and INNSBRUCK fifth last year, prompted him to remark in jest, "Four more years and I should make it, right?" Harry Cummins McKellen is just 22, but he's already been skating for 20 years. Both parents YOU WON'T find them sipping regional qualifying. This earns the right were professional skaters who owned champagne on the sun jets to Tahiti or to compete in sectional qualifying. If and operated an ice rink in Reading, Spain this winter. However, make no they finish in the top three, they ad- Pennsylvania. His godmother cut a mistake about it, these are Beautiful vance to the national level. Having fancy figure eight in her day too—a lady People. somehow survived there, a select by the name of Sonja Henie. Rising at dawn, they toil in frigid handful now compete against the best The intrepid McKellen is one of the temperatures, eight hours a day, 365 skaters from around the globe for the few skaters ever to land the difficult days a year. If they were ever to popu- world championship held once a year. triple axle in exhibition. The three- late a picket line or scale a soapbox, it Maintaining this incredible intensity and-one-half-revolution jump has wouldn't be for want of higher wages. for four straight years merits the skater never been successfully negotiated in Just a wage would do nicely, thank you. a spot in the Olympic Games. That is, if actual competition. McKellen appears Still, their exuberance for life re- all goes well. the one skater with the salience to pull mains as strong as a kid with a box of One slip, one fall, one injury, at any it off. Hershey bars and an all-day pass to level, and a skater faces the probability "Every time I get in actual compe- Disneyland. They are probably the of waiting another year to try it all over tition, my psyche starts working most dedicated yet unheralded group again. overtime," says Gordy. "It keeps saying of athletes anywhere—the figure skat- Then there is the problem of judging. that no one has ever done this—if I fall, ing champions of the world. When there are no objective standards I'll have to skate twice as hard to make The twelfth Olympic winter games, by which to measure perfection, the up for the mistake." Psyche or no, February 4 through 15 in Innsbruck, results are left to human judgment. The McKellen remains the ultimate Austria, is a rare opportunity for this inevitable fallibility of the judges has showman among male skaters, and in deserving gathering of young given birth to a system that finds skat- the true spirit of show biz, says, "I just people—a chance for worldwide ers being marked on reputations rather want the public to enjoy me, that's my recognition. Most of them have labored than performances. Where a skater has only goal." a lifetime for the few brief minutes they finished the preceding year will dictate, McKellen claims that self-discipline will spend on the ice in Innsbruck. to a large degree, where he will finish and good training habits are basic for What matters is the double toe loop, the current year. Also political prej- any successful figure skater. "Every the sit-spin, the flying camel, the triple udice is built into the scoring of skaters foot of the rink must be planned in axle. And the gold medal. in international competition. advance. Your mind cannot waver, as it The journey to Innsbruck, as to all There are solid ingredients, however, must function with your body as a unit. Olympic sites preceding it, is a long that go into making a champion. LIS- The slightest interference in con- pilgrimage. Even before a skater em- TEN traveled to Colorado Springs, centration could be damaging.- Drugs, barks on a competitive career, he must Colorado, for the 1975 World Figure alcohol, and tobacco? "No way!" says demonstrate a certain degree of pro- Skating Championships at the Gordy, dismissing the query with an air ficiency, measured by prescribed tests Broadmoor Arena, the final interna- of absurdity. which must be passed in order of tional competition prior to the '76 McKellen hopes to skate profes- difficulty. These tests determine the Olympics. sionally following his competitive category of competition, either novice, The conversation naturally centered career and indicates the strong junior, or senior. around skating, but these young likelihood of joining a European ice Skaters advance in their category by people proved far from being one- company this year, thus eliminating finishing first, second, or third in dimensional. They talked freely about him from the Innsbruck games.

LISTEN • January 1976 • 3 an autograph and being told to get lost. danger he wants in attempting to I promised myself I would never be like complete another triple lutz in that. I try hard never to be rude to Innsbruck, and trying not to trip on all people. I think that's important." So, those flowers. too, does a small boy somewhere in The girl that outpointed Dorothy Los Angeles, California, who wrote a Hamill and walked away with the gold local TV station last year and asked if medal at the '75 World Championships they might fulfill his childhood fantasy was Dianne de Leeuw of the of skating with Dorothy Hamill. Take a Netherlands. Her victory in Colorado I was just about to ask if such lifelong guess how the story ended? came as a mild surprise. Although devotion to skating had put a crimp in Fashioning a fantasy story all his own placing second behind defending his social life. I never got the chance. is 19-year-old Terry Kubicka, a strong world champion Christine Errath of The interview ended abruptly with a bet to unseat Gordy McKellen and cop East Germany in the European crush of female autograph seekers. the 1976 United States Men's championships just concluded, she Probably no one has even bothered Championship in the process. wasn't figured to outdistance both asking if skating has blotted the social Kubicka brought the house down in Errath and Hamill in world competition. register of Dorothy Hamill, the reigning Colorado Springs with a free-style Dianne currently lives in California United States ladies champion and performance in which he successfully world silver medalist. The popular completed a triple Lutz, a triple Riverside, Connecticut, native has a Salchow, and wound up his program hard act to follow. She is the heir with five consecutive Arabian apparent to former champions Peggy cartwheels. When he finished, the en- Fleming and Janet Lynn. That's tire arena acknowledged his efforts tantamount to following Hank Aaron to with a 45-second standing ovation bat just after he's hit home run number while raining a shower of flowers down 715. You've got yourself a dandy iden- on the ice as well. The judges were also tity crisis! impressed, handing out five 5.9s, just .1 Right now Dorothy is having fun off a perfect 6.0 mark. skating, and her only goal is to rep- Currently riding the upswing of a resent the United States in the brilliant career, Terry remains Olympics. "I don't think people should philosophical about much of his life. "I be obsessed with becoming a world believe that all things must end at one champion," says 19-year-old Miss time or another, and such will it be with Hamill. "Only one can become my skating. I do believe, though, that champion, and not everyone is willing my skating has taught me responsi- to put in the hard work required for bility, discipline, and, most important, skating. But there are so many other what great rewards can come from areas of life to excel in. The most hard work." Irina Rodnina important thing for anybody is to find Kubicka says he simply doesn't have and Aleksandr something to do that is right for them." the time, or the desire, to experiment Having encountered a number of with drugs and drinking. "When you're temperamental athletes in the past, I under the influence of these things, and trains in the U.S. but is allowed to found Dorothy Hamill to be a welcome you don't always know what you are represent the Netherlands as a result of change. "I always like to take time to doing, and that's a dangerous way to her Dutch parentage. She got her initial talk to people," says Dorothy. "I live." taste of Olympic competition in 1972 at remember as a child asking a skater for For Terry Kubicka, he'll have all the Sapporo, Japan, and is eagerly await- ing Innsbruck. "I think it's important always to work toward a goal," says the 20-year-old world champion. "A lot of teen-agers are just wandering around doing nothing. They might look like they're having lots of fun, but they aren't. Not deep down. Some of my friends ask me if I don't miss all the parties and staying out late. They can't understand why I don't drink or smoke marijuana. I look at them and don't understand why they would want to live their lives without any direction or sense of ac- Yuri Ovchinnikov, U.S.S.R. complishment. I was raised in a Christian home where I was taught that it's important always to do the very best you can. I know I have Someone to help me after I've done that." A skater who has clear-cut designs on a gold medal of his own is 26-year- old Toiler Cranston of Canada.

LISTEN is published monthly by Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1350 Villa Street, Mountain View, California 94042. Second-class postage paid at Mountain View, California. Subscription price $8.00 a year. January 1976. Cranston has captured the Canadian cabulary of the world class skaters senior men's championship for five from the Soviet Union. Although it is consecutive years and has been the commonly assumed that they train world free-skating champion the past under government subsidies, their two. He is readying his trophy case for performances shouldn't be di- future additions. minished. At the '75 world competition Cranston, with his innovative style, they swept three of the four categories, commands more encores and standing winning the gold medal in the men's, ovations than anyone else skating pairs, and ice dancing categories. Il- was conducted to locate a replacement today. In direct contrast to the athletic lustrating their depth in the men's di- for Irina. Auditions were held strength of Gordon McKellen, Toiler vision, the Soviet champion, Yuri throughout the Soviet Union, with Cranston's movements are balletlike Ovchinnikov, was forced to settle for Zaitsev finally winning out. Incredibly, and totally unique. His musical in- sixth position in the world as his two the new pair captured the world crown terpretations on ice are masterful. Soviet teammates, Sergei Volkov and their first year together. How did they Toiler finished fourth in the world Vladimir Kovalev, won the Gold and accomplish such a feat? "We just championships this past year, narrowly Silver Medals. switched," explains Irina, without a missing the bronze medal won by the The handsome Ovchinnikov, one of trace of disbelief. stylist John Curry of Great Britain. Rodnina, the spokesperson for the Cranston was obviously disappointed, pair, clearly enjoyed her visit to the but not shattered. "I'm old enough and United States although her words were experienced enough to take defeat in carefully guarded by an interpreter. stride," relates Cranston, who cracked When quizzed about cigarettes and the international scene at the late age drugs, she smiled impishly and replied, of 19. "I have never tasted these things. I'm Cranston's philosophy of life is quite sure I have not missed anything." simple. First, just be yourself. Having If Rodnina decides to rest on her mastered that, give freely of yourself, laurels, there's a promising American no matter what your talent, in creative pair team on the horizon. Tai Babilonia endeavors. Toiler, an acclaimed artist and Randy Gardner are a couple of on the ice, is most assuredly one off it. teen-agers right off the beaches of One-man exhibits of his paintings in southern California. They finished Munich, New York, Amsterdam, and his second in the U.S. championships and hometown of Toronto have been well tenth in the world last year. Both these personable youngsters are accomplished individual skaters, a rarity in pair skating. Randy, at 17, and Tai, at 15, both realize, however, that they must bide their time for world recognition. "We are skating for three Billy Schober, years from now," says Randy. "The Australia judges will remember us. We need to mature yet." At the close of competition in Colorado, Randy marveled at how good everyone is at the world level. Tai, the few married skaters in world in her quiet way, simply remarked, "We competition, stressed the unity among could have done a little better." With Soviet men as a reason for their that, the youngest pair ever to repre- success. His favorite American feature, sent the United States hopped on a he says, is the shopping center, as he Tai Babilonia shows off a new Western style winter and dandy Gardner, U.S.A. coat. Nowhere is the Russian domination more evident, however, than in the pairs, where tiny Irina Rodnina has 4 , received. The price tag on a Cranston collected an unprecedented seven original is comparable to a current consecutive Russian, European, and model automobile. world championships. What makes her "Whether I'm skating or executing a sweep even more remarkable is that DDidierither painting, I want to feel I'm doing all I'm she has accomplished it with two Gailhaguet, capable of," says Toiler. "I try to different partners. Rodnina, a 26- France surround myself with people who have year-old Soviet schoolteacher, has positive attitudes toward life, people I won the last three world titles with her can learn from." Toiler says he never current partner, and husband-to-be, feels in a position, though, to pass Aleksandr Zaitsev. Previously, she judgment on the habits of anyone else. garnered four titles in succession with "The only thing I look down on is Aleksandr Ulanov. apathy," he says. When Ulanov left Rodnina to skate Apathy isn't included in the vo- with another partner, a frantic search

LISTEN • January 1976 • 5 high level, especially in the delicate Innsbruck, where their specialty will be area of compulsory figures." an Olympic event for the first time ever. A trio of eligible bachelors, all with One of the most refreshing per- bright futures in figure skating, are also sonalities I talked with at Colorado outspoken on the use of artificial Springs was 19-year-old Isabel de stimulants in their lives. Didier Navarre, the 1975 ladies champion of Gailhaguet is the 1975 French men's West Germany. Skating in her very first champion; Laszlo Vajda, the 1975 world's, she finished a surprising sixth, bicycle built for two fora spin around a Hungarian men's champion; and Ron placing a strong third in compulsory nearby lake. So much for the agony_of Shaver, the Canadian bronze medalist figures. defeat! and eighth place finisher in the world Sharing an orange slice and her It has to be a humbling experience to last year. infectious laugh with me, she talked arrive at a world or Olympic site, Gailhaguet: "I don't see the purpose about a number of topics in rapid realizing you have no chance at win- of getting high on drugs and alcohol succession, none of them dealing with ning a medal even though you are the unless you're not secure in life. Sport is figure skating. "I like to cook, but I get champion of your own country. Figure our drug. It's a lot more healthy." too fat," says Isabel, patting her skating is not a sport for the impatient. Vajda: "Smoking is a nasty habit. I tried tummy. "I like music, but not so much One skater just breaking the inter- it once and hated the taste. I have never your jazz, and I like getting a letter from national ice is Hyo-Jean Yun, the tried drugs and don't imagine I ever my boyfriend. What do you like?" women's champion of Korea. will. Being healthy is too much fun." She says she enjoys her role as the For Jean, the way has not been easy. Shaver: "I feel that if I can't do only girl in an all-male class in Ger- As with most skaters, there are serious many. Then turning serious for a financial matters to consider. Jean puts moment, she remarked, "Everything in in 10 hours a day on the ice and still life has its highs and lows. We must manages to squeeze in studies at a work a little harder on our weak areas. private school on the side. This means That's the secret of becoming a bal- meeting the dual expense of top anced person." coaches and special education. Throw With Isabel, as with the others, a in the staggering travel costs of world constant line underscored each competition, and you get the idea. conversation. Happiness was not Jean acknowledges the existing necessarily winning a medal. It was drug problem in her own country and only to skate well, to be held in regard has some definite thoughts about it. "I by those who had also paid the price of know these things are not good for me, excellence. and I feel very sorry for those who are We live in an age when the Olympic caught in these traps. I think young ideal has fallen on hard times. The pall people all over the world could be of Munich is still with us. There is the stronger and more useful without poorly disguised professionalism of them." Ron Shaver, Canada Eastern Europe. Favoritism and judg- Another skater facing an uphill climb ing scandals abound. There are is Billy Schober, the three-time men's rampant charges relating to the champion of Australia. Undaunted by misappropriation of Olympic funds. The qualities evidenced in Colorado his twenty-first place finish in the '75 something on my own, it's like a crutch. Springs, the principles of better living, worlds, the effervescent Schober says, Tomorrow is also a part of my life, and the genuine camaraderie among these "Determination is the most important I'm sure about where I'm going. I don't champions, may be all that remain of value I have right now. I know I can't need to take drugs. I look forward to athletic absolutes. It's not exactly the win here, but I must do the best I can." each day's accomplishments." full light at the end of a tunnel, but an On drugs: "They have to take away that Susan Carscallen and Rick Gillies unmistakable glow of decency. It's a extra edge you need to compete on a are two more of the beautiful people in grand tonic for an ailing ideal. figure skating's most beautiful event, ice dancing. They met a few years ago at a seminar where single skaters were brought together in hopes of finding partners. After only five months, Rick and Susan were junior champs of Canada. Today they are Canadian silver medalists. Their goal is to crack the top ten in world dance competition. Both Rick and Sue are nonsmokers, and they admit that the mere presence ers of cigarette smoke presents a definite problem. "When someone comes into the dressing room smoking a cigarette, I choke up right away," says Rick. Isabel Laszlo Both from small towns and strong de Navarre, Vajda, family ties, Rick and Sue hope to put West Germany Hungary Canada "on the map" in ice dancing. Their first chance will come in

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Fred Janzen

ON OCTOBER 5, 1973, Oregon became the first state to remove criminal penalties for the private possession and use of marijuana. The new law reclassifies possession of up to one ounce (25 to 30 cigarettes) as a "violation," with a maximum penalty of a $100 fine. In addition, House Bill 2574 was recently presented to the Oregon legislature. It would have de- criminalized further the cultivation and transportation of 10 marijuana plants or less. The proposers apparently were not aware that 10 healthy plants could produce up to 10 pounds of marijuana during a productive growing season. At the present rate of 25 to 30 cigarettes per ounce, this would provide the grower around 4500 to 4800 cigarettes, all for the price of a traffic ticket. Dr. Hardin B. Jones, teacher of medical physics and physiology at the University of California, testified as an expert on the long-term effects of marijuana before the House Judiciary Committee in opposition to HB 2574, that would decriminalize manufac- turing, transporting, selling, or giving away less than an ounce of marijuana. Or. Jones, who said early in the wring that he doesn't endorse jail nalties for marijuana users, said that the nation is in "an epidemic with large numbers of young people using drugs in public places." Other states have now followed the lead of Oregon, California, and Alaska to reduce sharply the penalties for marijuana possession for personal use. These states are Maine, Colorado, and Ohio. Still other states are considering such a move. The claim is made by advocates of decriminalization that within two years these liberalizing laws will be in effect across much of the country. Michael Bailey, Multnomah County, Oregon, prosecutor, who handles most marijuana cases, says, "It's a clear statement that the Oregon legislature wants a very small amount of our resources devoted to this area. I think in a few years complete legalization of marijuana may follow suit." Holly V. Holcomb, superintendent of the Oregon State Police, reports that during the first nine months of 1974 (within the period that marijuana had been decriminalized in Oregon) mur- der increased 2.3 percent, aggravated assault increased 176.9 percent, marijuana. There is no easy and quick with marijuana plants if you want to." robbery 52.2 percent, theft 38.2 per- way to get them to stop." Intensive and Neither Senator Butrovice nor cent. During the first nine months of adequate drug education would be a Governor Hammond considered the 1974, overall crime in Oregon, as re- better method than criminal penalties fact that alcohol and marijuana are flected by crime reports received at to curb marijuana use, he noted, but quite different in their drug effect. Holcomb's headquarters, increased government and schools have failed to Marijuana is fat-soluble and remains in 25.5 percent over the same period of give drug education programs the the fatty tissues of the body for pro- 1973. strong support they need. longed, continued action and ac- What has decriminalization of HB 2574 was defeated—this time. cumulation. marijuana accomplished? First, it has Ignoring warning of political im- Nevertheless, the Alaskan Supreme taken the initiative from law en- plications, the California assembly Court went along with the legislature. forcement officers. They are no longer passed a bill reducing penalties for In a 5-0 decision, the court said that searching for the user, the pusher, the marijuana possession. When passed "mere scientific doubts" about the supplier, the importer. At state and by the senate, it made California the medical effects of marijuana do not local levels of enforcement, the search second state to adopt decriminaliza- justify government intrusions in the for marijuana has ended. Second, it tion of marijuana. home. "Indeed, one aspect of a private has created a demand for the "happy In Alaska, as an example of how little matter," the court said, "is that it is weed" and a license to sell. Possession marijuana is understood, State Senator private. That is, that it does not ad- implies that there must also be a seller. John Butrovice of Fairbanks told his versely affect persons beyond the Taking advantage of this sudden colleagues, "I don't think young kids factor, and hence is none of their demand in Oregon, Dr. Thomas Alfred today are much different than we business." This right to privacy, the Holeman, a surgeon and dermatol- were," and noted that during prohibi- court ruled, would encompass the ogist, reportedly ordered, through an tion, "we drank just about anything possession and ingestion of sub- established pipeline, a "shipment" of they'd put in a bottle." stances such as marijuana in a per- 500 kilos or 1100 pounds of brick Alaskan Governor Jay Hammond sonal, noncommercial context in the marijuana from Mexico. Witnesses said said simply, "Frankly, if I had my home. a small plane landed on a little-used druthers, I would probably illegalize U.S. Attorney G. Kent Edwards Arizona dirt road, unloaded, and took booze. I'd treat both marijuana and disagrees and warned Alaskans that a off again. U.S. Customs officials, booze on a par." And with this liberalized state law on marijuana moments later, stopped a van driven by statement, the state legislature voted to would have no effect on federal laws Dr. Holeman carrying the marijuana. remove criminal sanctions for private prohibiting persons from possessing Phil Jordan, special agent in charge consumption of marijuana, substitut- the drug. "The assertion that the state of the federal Drug Enforcement ing a maximum civil fine of $100. has no business regulating what goes Administration (DEA) office in Phoenix, There's no question about the deci- on in someone's home is ridiculous, said the arrest was not unusual and sion, said R. Collin Middleton, an Edwards said. "That's where the bulk stemmed from long investigation. Anchorage lawyer who helped argue of illegal drug trafficking takes place. Apparently it was not the first time that the case. "You can now ring your yard Drug dealers don't store their cache of the doctor had smuggled in the mak-

8 • LISTEN • January 1976 either state or federal legislative levels. growth processes following the use of As to physical and mental effects of marijuana; as a consequence, the marijuana on the user, much research adolescent may reach chronological is being carried on. Typical of the adulthood without achieving adult findings of such research is this mental functioning or emotional summary by Drs. Harold Kolansky and responsiveness." William T. Moore in their Effects of Nevertheless, support for the de- Marijuana on Adolescents and Young criminalization of marijuana posses- Adults, from a report to the Senate sion has grown rapidly. The American Subcommittee hearings on World Drug Bar Association and the American Traffic, September 18, 1972: Medical Association, two distin- "1. In animal experiments, there is a guished professional organizations, marked diminution of oxygen intake by have independently recommended the brain while the animals are in- that possession of small amounts of toxicated with marijuana. marijuana should be considered "at "2. Most of the patients in this study most, a misdemeanor." smoked marijuana two or more times The prime mover, however, is the weekly and, in general, smoked two or National Organization for the Reform more marijuana cigarettes each time. of Marijuana Laws (NORML). Its These patients consistently showed legislative counsel, Frank Fioramonti, very poor social judgment, poor at- says, "When the ABA delegates get tention span, poor concentration, around to advocating a progressive confusion, anxiety, depression, step, you know it's an idea whose time apathy, passivity, indifference, and has come." NORML's director, Keith often, slowed and slurred speech. Stroup, says, "They are crippled for life "An alternation of consciousness with the unrelenting burden of a ings for a half million cigarettes, an which included a split between an criminal arrest record. We can ill afford attempt that now could be made by observing and experiencing portion of to write off their lives and futures so many others in view of relaxed legal the ego, an inability to bring thoughts casually." Of course, NORML says restrictions on possession and use. together, a paranoid suspiciousness of nothing of the potential impact of On May 25, 1975, a twin-engine others, and a regression to a more marijuana on a generation of users Lockheed Lodestar carrying at least infantile state, were all very common. should the laws become generally two thousand pounds of marijuana, Sexual promiscuity was frequent, and liberalized. with a street value of $600,000, crashed the incidence of unwanted pregnan- While Dr. Robert L. DuPont, chief and burned on takeoff near Rockwood, cies among female patients was high, White House spokesman on drug Tennessee, killing the two occupants. as was the incidence of venereal abuse, concedes that decriminaliza- Shortly before that, a World War II disease. This grouping of symptoms tion of possession is recommended, he B-25 bomber crashed into a hillside in was absent prior to the onset of warns that marijuana's effects on the Dawson County in north Georgia. marijuana smoking. body may be more widespread and Investigation disclosed more than a ton "3. Clearly there is, in our patients, a persistent than had been previously of marijuana and two bodies in the demonstration of an interruption of suspected. wreckage. Three other plane crashes in normal psychological adolescent In the fourth report to the U.S. Florida, according to U.S. Customs officials, revealed shipments of marijuana from the Caribbean. With the potential national de- criminalization of marijuana imminent, the demand is increasing and suppliers are killing themselves to provide the product. Marijuana, "to be or not to be," has been presented to only small segments of the silent majority of American voters. Why do state legislators insist that decriminalization is what their constituencies want? Religious groups have usually taken a hands-off posi- tion. Educators seem noncommittal even though they are aware that the problem may be prevalent in their jurisdiction. Parent-teacher associ- ations are not heard from. Few groups have produced waves of concern at

LISTEN • January 1976 • 9 until the questions raised in this report There appears a distinct correlation are answered, he urges abstinence. between sexual promiscuity and the An earlier survey, by the National use of marijuana and hashish. Thirteen Commission on Marijuana and Drug girls were singled out because of their Abuse, shows that 26 million Ameri- unusual degree of sexual promiscuity, cans have tried grass, and 13 million which ranged from sexual relations were then regular users. The new with several individuals of the opposite report, significantly, points out in- sex to relations with individuals of the creased use by students, especially in same sex and individuals of both sexes the grade, junior high, and high school on the same evening. In all these in- levels. dividuals, the loss of sexual inhibitions Evidence strongly suggests that the occurred after marijuana smoking. use of marijuana by university students Seven patients of this group became at all levels—undergraduate, graduate, pregnant, and four developed venereal and professional—continues to be diseases. Each showed confusion, high. One study of 788 undergraduate apathy, depression, suicidal ideas, students at a large metropolitan listlessness, and feelings of isolation. university found 27 percent who had All of those who attended junior high never tried marijuana. school, high school, or college, Several studies continue to support showed a marked drop in academic previously reported findings that performance. This decline was in direct peers, rather than parents, are the proportion to the frequency and more important influence on an in- amount of marijuana smoking. dividual's use of marijuana. Moreover, Five of this group were engaged in peer and parental influences are homosexual activities, which began synergistic; the highest rates of after the onset of smoking, and three marijuana usage are observed among attempted suicide. In no instance was adolescents whose parents (particu- there sexual promiscuity prior to the larly mothers) and friends are drug beginning of marijuana smoking, and users. in only two cases were there histories The greater the involvement with of mild anxiety states prior to smoking. marijuana, the greater the likelihood One cannot help but assume that those with whom one associates marijuana's effect on the loosening of are also marijuana users and, there- the superego control and the altering fore, the more justified one is in ex- of ideals. pecting tolerance toward one's own The Associated Press released a marijuana use. The greater the in- story about Robert William Snyder, Jr., volvement with marijuana, the greater 19. On September 4, 1974, while in the the need to perceive others as involved, Snohomish County (Washington) jail, and hence the greater the likelihood to he asked for a piece of paper, saying he expect tolerant reactions from others. wanted to write a letter to a girl friend. In an important study on differen- Instead he wrote an unpolished but tiating user and nonuser high school candid message to others. age groups, it was found possible to "I'd like to tell all the kids that drugs predict which nonusers might go on to are know good for you. It get you in all use marijuana. Some of the results kinds of trouble. I have been throu a lot Congress, Marijuana and Health, indicated that initiation of marijuana of it. First I started out on pot, then LSD. compiled by the Department of Health, use was predictable in both male and Speed down and got in messed up from Education, and Welfare, the report female high school students by such myself. Put this in the news and tell all cites a study showing that habitual use variables as attitudes approving de- the kids out there plese. Thank you." of marijuana can lower the levels of viance, lack of religious participation He signed it, "Robert William male sex hormones in some men. and involvement, social support for Snyder"—then hanged himself. Other experiments noted in the report drug use, friends' approval for use, and There can be little doubt that this show that pot smoking has an adverse deviant behavior. nation is suffering from the marijuana effect on a driver's coordination and It is evident that, with the use of influence in epidemic proportions. It is perception, making him more likely to marijuana, a new life-style is formed. A not a condition that one inadvertently have accidents. Further research new behavorial pattern that, experts contracts, but rather one that is de- indicates that pot may make smokers have found, can lead to new associates liberately passed on—and for a profit. more prone to disease by interfering with the introduction of harder and That is the tragedy of drugs—man's with their immunity system. more habit-forming drugs. ability, without remorse, to poison his Dr. DuPont acknowledges that As medical investigation con- fellowman. But then, the greatest considerable research must still be tinues, marijuana's health hazards are tragedy is mankind's ability to stand done to confirm these findings, but being confirmed. idly by and watch it happen.

10 • LISTEN • January 1976 What About Marijuana? Parents, school officials, lawyers, doctors, health educators, and others seem worried about the increasing use of marijuana among high school and college students. But how do the kids themselves feel about using grass? For this Viewpoint we decided to find out. Here's what they had to say: BOB NOEL, Age 20 ALICIA DISHMAN, Age 23 GLEN OVERSTREET, Age 23

I don't think marijuana is good for It seems like there's a place for ev- you, it doesn't do anything for you. I erything, you know? I mean, if don't want to do anything illegal and marijuana's a good thing for you—fine. get myself in trouble. And besides even I feel it's just like anything else. If you I think it is. if it was legal, I wouldn't use it. I tried it like the way grass makes you feel—it's once, and it didn't do anything for me. It all right. Alcohol was once illegal too, didn't help me at all. but they changed that law. GREG O'CONNOR, Age 14

BILL PRASKIEVICZ, Age 13 BILLY WILL, Age 15

I don't think smoking grass is very good I never have used it. First of all, I don't for you. I also don't think it should be I don't think you should use marijuana. use it because it isn't my thing. Even if legalized. Grass gets you high all the It gets you high and I really don't care someone offered it to me I wouldn't use it time and that's just not for me. for that. because I don't need it.

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JAKE WOBBLED to the old green park bench, his pretty woman standing nearby. As she offered her small consolation goal, when the whiskey overtook him and hand, Jake said, "You go ahead. I'll make it." threatened to smother him in its enveloping haze. Soon he was in the swing, tightly clenching the ropes on Dropping to the dusty seat, he leaned back and sighed. either side as though they were lifelines. Standing behind Once again he was safe from being picked up for him, the little girl gave him a push forward. Before he drunkenness. He wasn't always so lucky. Sometimes he'd made any progress he swung back, then forward a bit, been so drunk he couldn't find the bench. Then the wagon then stopped. Something was nagging his mind, some- had taken him to the drunk tank to sober up. thing the little girl said about the swing not going Jake was familiar with the drunk tank. It was a part of his anywhere, just back and forth. life he always hoped would never happen again, but it did. Jake took a deep breath. That was like his life. He wasn't Off he'd go to stay until he could navigate under his own going anywhere either, just back and forth, sober and power. Then he was free for a while. drunk, never making any progress. How blind he'd been For the next day or so in his lonely room he would be full all these years. Jake cried as he thought of his dirty room, of contrition, promising himself that this was the last time. his worn clothing, his lost pride, and his visits to the drunk He felt so confident. When sober he could see himself tank. clearly and rely on his judgment, something he couldn't Scuffling his feet in the dirt below the swing, he finally master when he was drinking. pulled himself up and walked away. This time it would be different. This time he'd stay away "Aren't you going to swing anymore, mister?" the little from booze, clean himself up, get a job, start over again. girl called. He didn't have to drink. He was Jake King, a man respected "I've swung enough," Jake answered gently. To himself by his neighbors and friends. he said, "No more swinging forward only to drop back. The park bench felt hard. Jake stirred a little. He was From now on I'm walking—straight ahead." feeling better now, for the air helped clear his head. He couldn't stand or walk without weaving and the merry-go- round in his head was turning so fast he kept his eyes closed. He remembered drinking his last bottle of whiskey. He couldn't risk walking to a liquor store. He'd have to do without tonight. That wouldn't be hard to do—Jake often went without drinking for days and weeks. Deep down he knew he wasn't an alcoholic. Most of the time he drank for something to do. The merry-go-round was slowing down a bit. Jake slid to the end of the bench and carefully hung over the back. Opening his eyes he saw something going back and forth, back and forth. He heard noises and laughter. Someone was having a good time. He wished his eyes would stabilize so he could see what he was hearing. "Look at that old man with the kooky hat on sideways," a voice said. "Must be a new style." More laughter. Cautiously Jake felt his hat—sure enough, it was on sideways. Funny he didn't feel the difference. What a bum he was—didn't even know his hat was on crooked. How people must have laughed. And calling him old? Why, he was only 42. Jake didn't know how long he sat on the bench. The air felt chilly as it did close to evening. Hearing a noise, he slowly opened his eyes. A little girl of seven or eight was standing in front of him, big brown eyes looking at him solemnly. "Are you cold, mister?" she asked concernedly. "A little," Jake answered when he could trust his mouth. "Why don't you swing, mister?" "I'm too old to swing, I'm afraid." "Don't be afraid, mister. The swing isn't going anywhere but back and forth," the little girl assured him. "Come on, I'll push you till you get started. Then you can push yourself." Carefully Jake lifted himself from the bench, brushed down his coat, and took a step. When he didn't fall, he took another step. "See, Mother, he's going to swing," the child called to a

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I am the wife of an inmate. I can understand your Too many of us are too busy "doing our own thing" to feelings to a point, but no one can truly know what a get involved with the burdens of others. But when I read person goes through in prison unless they've been there your plea for a friend, I told my husband that I must answer themselves. My husband works in leather in the hobby that letter and acquaint you with the Friend of friends, craft department. He reads quite a bit and he's writing a Jesus. book, plus he has a job assigned to him. My husband answered, "Yes, and tell him of our family, The one thing he does that really helps him when he gets so that he can be a part of a family." lonely or depressed is he reads his Bible and prays. I too The prison walls are no barrier to His presence. You get lonely and I often say a prayer while going about my need not be lonely any longer when He is your friend. busy day. When I find my thoughts thinking of "how it Our family, of which you may become a part, is a busy could have been" and "if only," I say a quiet prayer. It truly one. Our three children, ages 13, 14, and 15, were adopted helps me cope with just the day-to-day things and every when they were 18 months, 29 months, and 4 years old. day is filled with time. These three are our second family. We have a son (our own I'm doing time right along with my husband, but we have flesh & blood) who is a gynecologist and obstetrician. our plans for our future. We have a goal we've set and we Remember "all God's children" are precious to each will work toward that with the help of God. other. Parma, MI Your new mother, father, grandpa, and brothers and sister. Lincoln, NE I have just returned from seventeen months in Leavenworth Federal Prison and relate to your feelings. Please know that there is a way through Jesus Christ and I believe your biggest problem is building a wall around His people to a full life without loneliness. yourself. I feel you resent being black. By reading between I can only state what has and is working for me and what the lines you blame this for your loneliness and problems. has worked for many others. Lafayette, IN

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I wish I could send you a quart of ice cream or something I don't claim to be an expert at combating loneliness, ea-sd to cheer you up. but I do care about people. Can you listen to the radio or music? When I get lonely When I'm lonely I try doing something creative. Right Q.A.zue- or sad I sometimes find that music helps. now I'm hung up on collecting and arranging dried 1,1-11;c4. Pittsford, NY flowers. You may have some type of creative talent that you have already developed. So many have latent abilities just waiting to be discovered. What is a friend? A friend is a person that tries to accept Calhoun, GA people as they are, and with love and understanding will try to help them better themselves, and sometimes often gets hurt in the process of being a friend. A friend doesn't My loneliness, coupled with resentment for certain have to be someone that you have already met, but aspects of my childhood, combined to turn me into a someone that does care about you. complete alcoholic, from which I am recovering just one LaGrange, IL day at a time. Would you believe, Herman, that it is possible to be abjectly lonely in the midst of friends and family? I know For the past four years I have been one of the saddest, the feeling of being behind bars, although not very long at lonely, desperate, and severely depressed young women a time. in the world. I graduated from high school and before the I can tell you that I am finding a lot of companionship first term in college was up I attempted suicide. Since then through Alcoholics Anonymous. This group is one ex- I have been in and out of locked psychiatric wards for the cellent way to combat loneliness, even if you're not an major part of these years. But these ex-burdens I don't alcoholic. I believe your facility would have a regular AA want to emphasize. meeting which you could probably attend. It's not what happened before, but it's what is happen- Fortuna, CA ing now. The Lord brought me through my trials and failures. He can give you a peace of mind and shower you with grace and serenity. The pain of loneliness can be Reading—any kind of materials that make you think and coped with only by the presence of our Heavenly Friend. that teach you things you can apply to your life. My life was changed with this simple secret. Look for, Writing—many times when I'm alone and don't feel like and share your talents with someone who seems a little doing anything but crying, I write. I write anything I lonelier, more despondent, and especially share with want—my thoughts, feelings, poems, stories, songs, and someone who needs what you have to offer. letters. Communication with people—anyone—is very Northville, MI important, even if it is written communication. Anything you do to occupy your mind on something other than this loneliness will take the loneliness away. Writing to you was easy because I have been alone a lot Singing—I'm always singing songs—mainly songs to myself. I used to be pretty much into the drug culture. Just Jesus—they are always cheery and brighten my day and recently I have given up drugs and grass completely, and ease some of the pain of loneliness. when I am around people who still get high I hope my not Klamath Falls, OR using anything will let them see what God has done for me. It's a temptation, but I would rather be God's friend than lose His friendship and help just for a high that doesn't I'm a girl of 14 with no family to amount to. My father last. died when I was 6 months old, and my mother died when I I am thankful to God for not giving up on me, and for a was 6 years old. I have sisters (2 of them) and a brother, but new start in life. He is an ever-present friend. it's only my grandmother and my little brother (at home). Primos, PA My sisters are gone, one married and one away at college. I'm lonely too, but what I do to overcome loneliness is to find a friend or someone I can talk to. If that doesn't help I find a book or a magazine that is good, and I find that a book is a good friend. Wheaton, MD

LISTEN • January 1976 • 15 I'm a Nonalcoholic Marion E. Kabaker

On the credit side, let me assure you that I am perfectly able to converse animatedly at a cocktail party with complete strangers and deadly bores. I never seem to need anything to go with the hors d'oeuvres except a large plate, and I've even been known to make screamingly funny or wildly sentimen- tal toasts without a drink in my hand. So why does everyone want so des- perately to "help" me? "Try this. Just try this!" I'm ad- monished over and over again. I don't like to seem stubborn and ungrateful, so I fortify myself early in the evening with a glass of ginger ale ("with a twist, please") and sip delicately from the "whee" hours until the wee hours. In self-defense I am planning to band together a group of people who feel as I do—uninterested in alcoholic bev- erages. We will call ourselves "Nonalcoholics Anonymous," and offer several benefits to our members. IT'S TRUE. I confess it. I'm a this more than once by pushy hosts and Free driving lessons will be a must, nonalcoholic! And, oh, how I wish hostesses, who insist on something for since we are so often called upon to people would stop trying to reform me. everyone to get the party going! chart the homeward course. Travel tips Sometimes I've had to whisper my People don't seem to believe that I for those of us venturing abroad into order to bartenders, disguise ginger simply do not care for wine, beer, five-glass dinner countries will be ale by adding a twist of lemon, or spill whiskey, gin, bourbon, liqueurs, offered. ("Eau Minerale" is a lifesaver.) unwanted drinks into potted palms scotch, and brandy (did I omit anything But one of our main functions will be when I thought no one was looking. I alcoholic?). Oh, yes, I get no kick from the ability to call a fellow member any know this is shoddy behavior for a champagne either. That should give hour of the day or night when really grown woman, but I've been driven to you some idea of my problem. bugged by a pushy host!

TURN AROUND, LOOK AT ME

I have to be me, Not an echo of you, not a twin— like a set of matched bookends- 1 have to have something of my own. When you look at me, I want you to see ME dear and familiar, yet interesting and exciting— oaf 4de like the sky at evening fir b or a single daisy against black velvet. : #, # 411T 4 v Carol Bessent Hayman k r THE TWO young couples enjoyed playing golf together. Shelley and Carl played nine holes easily. After lunch, they were eager to play nine more. Not Connie and Bob. He was puffing across the fairway to reach the eighth hole; she usually had to quit playing by the time they reached the seventh tee. The other three golfers called her a bench warmer. "I run out of energy so fast, com- plained Connie. "So do I," Bob hastily agreed. "What do you suppose is wrong with us? I'd like to know why Shelley and Carl have so much more zap than we do." Connie and Bob discovered that they had their own personal energy crisis. In his book Psycho-Cybernetics, Dr. Maxwell Maltz has some answers for anyone who suffers from a lack of energy. "Develop an enthusiasm for life, create a need for more life, and you will receive more life,- he insists. The old law of supply and demand works. If you need energy, you will get your share of it. The secret is to set certain goals for yourself. Dr. Maltz says we are all natural "goal-strivers." Without a goal, there is little need for energy. Shelley and Carl had to give up play- ing golf with Connie and Bob. In time Carl won some tournaments. Shelley developed a great swing and was al- ways challenging for him to play with. Due to their desire to become good golfers, they eventually were able to play as much as 27 holes of golf on their days off. Their zeal for the game en- abled them to play hours of golf with- out becoming exhausted. Every human being has six basic needs—the need for love, security, creative expression, recognition, new experiences, and self-esteem. If you have the habit of sitting around too much, this lackadaisical life-style does not permit you much chance to satisfy any of these basic needs. Recently I spotted this intriguing headline in the Seattle Times: "Crises Are Sometimes Good." Could this be true? Psychiatrist Dr. Roy Menninger says, "A crisis is an event that chal- lenges entrenched ways of thinking of things. A crisis produces a teachable moment, a time when a person is open to new ideas. It's an excellent learning self-improvement, increased knowl- I was more impressed by the volumes situation." edge, and motivating inspiration. of books and magazines on photog- Many people stop learning after their Goal-striving and learning are natural raphy than by his costly equipment. His formal schooling is over. But learning partners. Read up on the field you are reading has paid off. He knows and is something that can continue almost interested in if you wish to excel in it. loves what he's doing, and he seldom forever. Reading is a great teacher. Mike is a great photographer. When tires from the long hours he works at Books can become the gateway to real he showed us his darkroom and studio, his craft.

LISTEN • January 1976 • 17 late in the evening. I'm convinced that her urgent need for enough energy to pursue divergent activities is re- sponsible. Through her, I've learned that other-centered needs take less energy than the self-centered kind. She claims this is why her energy well rarely runs dry. Have you noticed that believing in some worthwhile cause creates more energy than you need? Or perhaps a certain project with a time limit on its completion keeps you running in high gear for a spell. After the cause or project is no longer a part of your life, what happens? You have less vitality than before, right? The secret is not to allow too much time between these short-term goals. Energetic people seldom gloat over the past. Neither are they gloomy about it. Instead, they constantly look forward to the future. Maxwell Maltz suggests that people develop a "nostalgia for the future." This term reminds me to think of things that will keep propelling me forward, and to resist any temptation to live in the past. An optimistic antici- pation of the near future is a great motivator. It's this inner drive that becomes such a great energy pro- ducer. Not only is it necessary to think future, but also to think now. Live as much as you can in the present moment. Find daily challenges to meet and master. Each new day has the seed of at least a small challenge in it. Search for this, and you will be given enough energy to tackle it. In an intriguing article, comedian Bob Hope related how he solved his energy crisis: "Like an old vaudeville juggler, I enjoy keeping a lot of balls in the air at once, the more the merrier. Apart from my show-business work, I've been involved in real estate, professional football and baseball teams, oil wells, and raising cattle—and found all the activity challenging and absorbing. The very variety seems to act as a stimulant that creates energy as it burns it, enabling me to do more than I thought possible." In college my sister put in incredibly time to work in the college cafeteria to This will work for anyone who tries it. long hours. Her love for horses kept her help pay her way through college. She Get interested and involved in the kind busy weekends and evenings. There kept up with her studies and dated of things that challenge you personally. was always a special horse to groom occasionally. Forget about mimicking someone else. and care for. She trained horses or To this day Joanie has boundless When you become absorbed in doing participated in horse shows on energy. Her day begins at five in the your own worthwhile thing, your en- weekends. Somehow she still found morning, and she is still going strong ergy supply isn't going to run out! 0

18 • LISTEN • January 1976 ...MD so ROI WARNING IT'S NOT THE TASTE THAT COUNTS!

Television ads, not taste buds, probably determine what beer people like best, according to a study at the Wharton IAIS AREA IS School of Business and Commerce. The study tells of 250 regular beer drinkers who were given four differently labeled cans of beer. All 250 selected a favorite brand. Most said they found one beer that tasted horrible. All four cans contained the same brand of beer. The study was conducted by Wharton Professor Russell L. Ackoff and James R. Emshoff. The participants were given a psychological test to deter- T AR ANTULAS mine what type or category of person they might be: heavy drinker, light drinker, extroverted, shy, whatever. Then they were shown four television commercials, one for each of the four brands of beer. Each commercial was rigged to appeal approximately to one of four types of beer-drinking personalities: The drinker who took his beer to relax. The young adult who drank in a group, as at a picnic or party. The extroverted beer man who got high too soon and then drunk. The introverted beer drinker. He got drunk, too, but quietly, often alone. "After being shown these commercials, the subjects were You've heard of rent-a-cars, rent-a-cop, and rent-a-dog? allowed to taste the beers in the quantity and manner that they Now it is rent-a-tarantula. Henrietta, a tarantula which rents wished," the study says. for $10 a month, is on the job amid rings in the window at a San The subjects were not only asked to express their prefer- Francisco jewelry store. In the few months she's been on the ences, which they did with no difficulty, but they were also job, the store has not been burglarized. Not only is Henrietta asked to select a case of one of the brands which they would be effective, she comes cheap too, compared to a German given to take home. shepherd which rents for $300 a month. The beer cans were identical except for the names: Bix, Zim, Waz, and Biv.

DEPRESSED? YOU'RE NOT ALONE

As many as 15 percent of all adults have recognizable symptoms of depression, according to a report from the Na- tional Institute of Mental Health. Between 3 and 8 million persons suffer from these symptoms at any one time. The report says that of the 20,000 suicide deaths recorded in the U.S. each year, more than 80 percent are believed to be precipitated by depressive illness. Now for the good news. Fortunately, the report says, affec- tive disorders are one of the most currently promising and dynamic areas of research in the mental health field.

DON'T LET IT GO TO YOUR HEAD

If you get a little high from too many drinks, alcohol is having a profound effect on your brain. A Rutgers University psychobiologist, Dr. Malcolm MacDonnell, reports that at least one part of the brain exhibits an almost immediate dependency on alcohol. In research on laboratory animals, MacDonnell has learned that the amygdala, a complex regulatory mechanism near the center of the brain, is highly susceptible to lasting effects of alcohol. In fact, the amygdala, which governs such reactions as emotion, becomes temporarily dependent on alcohol even as soon as you take that first drink. "Good news, John! Your team rallied and won."

LISTEN • January 1976 • 19 MD so Foe! BUILD IT HOW'S YOUR LOVE LIFE? YOURSELF The Texas Health Department asked 67 boys in Floresville High School if girls who smoke are more fun to date. More than John G. Whidding 90 percent of the boys (63) said that they preferred to date nonsmoking girls. Hidden in the letters below are at least 81 words dealing with architecture and design. To find these words read the letters forward, backward, up, down, or diagonally. Draw a line around each word as you find ANTI-SMOKING DRUG STILL A it. PIPE DREAM

Cigarette smokers who are waiting for the development of a CORBELNOITAILOFT drug that will help them break the habit may well die before the good news arrives. ATENONL T TN I OJ L I B Dr. Murray E. Jarvik, professor of psychiatry and phar- macology at the University of California at Los Angeles, says SL INTEL ALNOL YPNA that no known drug, not even pure nicotine, has proved effective in eliminating, or even significantly reducing, the habit of smoking among "nicotine addicts." TOPEEUP YRAMI DOI T The best deterrents so far, he adds, are not drugs at all, but diseases that cause an aversion to the taste of cigarettes— AATNAURURDNBLOAT chiefly viral hepatitis and Hong Kong flu. According to Dr. Jarvik, the most widely tested drug for G DYVBFQCLGETELLL smoking cessation is lobeline, an analog of nicotine found in Nikoban and other so-called smoker's aids. In his extensive review of research with lobeline, Dr. Jarvik says he found no E RNRLUHSBP I HEAUF instances where it proved any better than placebo therapy. Other drugs tested by Dr. Jarvik and other researchers D AAEOI TUEOI STRDM include tranquilizers, barbiturates, antidepressants, saluretics, methylscopolamine, avena sativa, laburnum, silver lactate, and diphenylhydantoin. FABDAT T T TBL T SANE "The overall impression still emerged that none of the drugs were especially helpful," says Dr. Jarvik. RNDRETSNTRASCUCN

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20 • LISTEN • January 1976 Listen %Ierus Many Older People For instance, a $20 bonus arrives offense which is much less likely to Are Spaced-out on Drugs each month for nonsmoking work- occur when the offender is sober. ers at a savings bank in Bir- Alcoholism Poses Threat Ignored in the flurry of excitement mingham, Ala. over juvenile use of marijuana, It costs the George W. Dahl Co. of For American Indians pills, and heroin is an equally Bristol, R.I., more than $8000 a year In the past, smallpox nearly serious medical problem: the to pay its nonsmokers $3 a week to wiped out the American Indian. "spaced-out grandma" syndrome. refrain. But the increased pro- Now alcoholism is threatening to do what smallpox couldn't. According to Dr. Wendell R. ductivity from healthy and busy Lipscomb of Berkeley, Calif., el- workers justifies the expense, says a According to Al Pooley, training coordinator for the American In- derly people are often overdrugged company spokesman. when treated for multiple The National Restaurant As- dian Commission on Alcoholism conditions—arthritis, high blood sociation reports more and more and Drug Abuse, alcoholism pressure, periodic headaches, restaurants in the United States are among American Indians is "at epidemic levels." occasional sleeplessness, and segregating smokers and mood swings. nonsmokers. The problem of alcoholism is five Much of this problem is created Minnesota became the first state times worse among Indians than when aged patients are medicated to force restaurants to open among non-Indians in the U.S. not for their own convenience but nonsmoking sections. Similar bills Nearly all Indians are affected for that of the relatives, if at home, or are pending in 17 other states. directly or indirectly by alcoholism, of the custodial staff if in a nursing compared with one of every four home. New Research Indicates non-Indians. Alcoholism Is Major Problem Marijuana a Health Danger Pooley says that the Indians' problems with liquor began when Marijuana is as dangerous to Among Veterans greedy white people gave it to human health as cigarettes and Alcoholism is the no. 1 health Indians to weaken them and make it alcohol combined, says the Na- problem in the Veterans Ad- easy to get Indian land cheaply. ministration hospital system. tional Institute on Drug Abuse di- That's the conclusion of a con- rector. Smoke Irritation troller general's report which also Dr. Robert L. DuPont says that Is Common in Nonsmokers says the VA is not adequately at- researchers in the United States Tobacco smoke contributes to the tacking the problem. have accumulated evidence that discomfort of many nonsmoking In the report, top VA adminis- marijuana causes precancerous individuals because of irritation trators were criticized for not es- lung lesions, reduces the body's rather than because of hypersen- tablishing program goals to ensure ability to fight disease, reduces the sitivity or allergy. effective and equitable treatment amount of male sex hormones, and Dr. Norman Epstein of St. Joseph's for veterans suffering from al- impairs a user's ability to concen- Hospital in Toronto says that trate, work, or drive a car. coholism. cigarette smoke produces such VA Administrator Richard L. These findings have destroyed symptoms as eye irritation, tearing, Roudebush agreed generally with the myth that marijuana is a bland, burning, and redness; nasal the criticism and is taking action harmless drug that doesn't pose the symptoms; headache; coughing; based on many of the recom- dangers of cigarettes or alcohol. and wheezing. DuPont says he also expects fu- mendations. Tobacco smoke, tobacco pollen, The report says that three million ture research to prove that and tobacco leaf are antigenic in of the nation's nine million al- marijuana smoking causes lung humans and animals, Dr. Epstein coholics are veterans. cancer and brain damage. says. Nonsmoking Makes Cents Alcohol Linked Snake Smugglers The dollar-and-cents value of With Child Molesting Latest gimmick in the drug smug- clean air for nonsmokers is be- There is a high association gling racket is the snake. ginning to make sense in U.S. between child molestation, Smugglers get live snakes to swal- businesses and restaurants. drinking, and alcoholism, says Dr. low plastic bags filled with heroin or A growing number of companies Richard Rada of the University of cocaine. and establishments report that New Mexico School of Medicine. It takes a relatively long time for workers are more efficient, and According to Dr. Rada, if long- the digestive juices of reptiles to customers are returning to res- term rehabilitation programs are to start working. Once the snakes are taurants where cigarette smoking be effective, the child molester must passed through U.S. customs, the has been banned or discouraged. receive ongoing treatment not only smugglers slaughter them and Many companies are even giving for his sexual deviance but also for remove the plastic bags of dope. extra cash to nonsmokers—an his addiction-prone tendencies. U.S. customs agents, however, incentive for smokers to quit and In his study, Dr. Rada found that are now wise to the game, and clear the air for fellow nonsmoking drinking may lower inhibitions and order all snakes with suspicious workers. facilitate the commission of an bulges to be X rayed.

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Editorial Listen A JOURNAL OF BET TER LIVING January 1976 Vol. 29, No. 1

Executive Director Ernest H. J. Steed Editor Francis A. Soper Associate Editor Twyla Schlotthauer Double Jeopardy Assistant Editor Tim Garrison Editorial Secretary June Franklin Office Editor T. R. Torkelson -Mommy, don't keep me alive." Art Director Howard Larkin These words were spoken by the mother of Karen Ann Layout Artist Ichiro Nakashima Quinlan as she told a judge of the Superior Court in Circulation Manager A. R. Mazat Morristown, New Jersey, what she felt her daughter would Sales and Promotion Milo Sawvel, A. V. Pinkney say if she herself could testify. Cover, D. Tank; pages 2-6, J. Keith Williams; page 2, Georg Some six months before, Karen had lapsed into a coma, Kalumenos; pages 4-6, Harry Cummins; page 4, V. which physicians said occurred after an overdose of gin and Gantchura; page 5, W. A. Caldwell; page 7, ABC-TV; page 9, Warren Hill; pages 12, 13, Joan Walter; page 16, Ichiro tonic and the tranquilizer Valium. She had remained in the Nakashima, Richard T. Nowitz; page 17, Alan Cliburn; page coma, being kept alive only by a life-supporting respirator. 18, H. Armstrong Roberts; pages 19, 20, United Press Of course, the Quinlan case is an extreme one, but an International; page 19, Lo Linkert; page 24, Anita Nicholas. increasing number of young people are turning on with Editorial Office booze and downers, a duo of drugs that can result in either 6830 Laurel Street NW, Washington, DC 20012. euphoria, coma, or death. This combination is becoming Publication Office Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1350 Villa Street, more popular as the drug culture of the 60s blends into the Mountain View, California 94042. traditional custom of drinking. Subscription Rates Both alcohol and downers are central nervous system For the U.S.A. and Canada: One-year subscription, $8.00. For countries requiring extra postage: One-year sub- depressants that can reduce the supply of oxygen to the scription, $8.25. brain or stop the heart. This synergistic effect means that a Change of Address dose of either drug that is not lethal might combine to cause Send change of address to LISTEN, 1350 Villa Street, death. Mountain View, California 94042. Zip code must be in- cluded. Allow 30 days for change to become effective. Give "This is an increasing problem," says Dr. Ross Fishman, both the old and the new address. education director of the National Council on Alcoholism in LISTEN, monthly journal of better living (twelve issues a New York City. "With young people, we're talking about a year), provides a vigorous, positive, educational approach shift from drugs alone to drugs plus alcohol." to the problems arising out of the use of tobacco, alcohol, The dual use of booze and pills by young people is the tip and narcotics. It is utilized nationally by Narcotics Edu- cation, Inc., also by many organizations in the field of of the iceberg in a society that uses drugs to cope with rehabilitation. Second-class mail privileges authorized at stress. Children see and imitate the prevalent pattern of Mountain View, California. Form 3579 requested. Litho in adult drinking and pill taking. the United States of America. "The people we don't usually think about as dual drug This publication is available in microform from Xerox abusers are the parents," Dr. Fishman comments, "and University Microfilms, 300 North Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI probably many housewives who regularly drink and take 48106, (313) 761-4700. Write for complete information. prescription drugs." 3 Journey to Innsbruck Compounding the total problem now is a wave of teen-age Harry Cummins drinking, at the same time there's a turning away from hard 7 Making Marijuana Legal drugs such as heroin, and mind-altering drugs such as LSD. Fred Janzen The Illinois Dangerous Drug Commission reports that 90 11 What About Marijuana? percent of teen-agers who use drugs also use alcohol. In Viewpoint that one state alone this means some 220,000, or about a 12 The Swing fourth of all those between 14 and 18. Blendena L. Sonnichsen "It's a serious problem nationwide," says commission 14 "I Need a Friend" director Thomas Kirkpatrick. "They use alcohol as a sub- 16 I'm a Nonalcoholic! stitute for drugs or in combination with drugs." Marion E. Kabaker Research by the National Council on Drug Abuse shows Turn Around, Look at Me (Poem) that currently Valium is the first choice of drug abusers. Carol Bessent Hayman "A kid who will take one drug will experiment with 17 Do You Have an Energy Crisis? another," says Judy Rich of the New York "Accept" al- Shirley M. Dever coholism program. "Parents need to tune in to their own 19 ... and so forth values about drinking and pills before they can expect their 21 LISTEN News kids not to take them." 22 Double Jeopardy Editorial 24 Poem Helen Sue Isely

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