MAP wants your WHY THE DRUG WAR It's ROBERTA used needles IS A LOSER News/2 Editorials/14 firts/9 The UWEstablished 1956 M PosVolumte 41, Numbe r 27| I April 17, 1997 Heroin use on the rise: But not on college campuses never was in smoking the new heroin strains on ByErikRhey cigarettes. Heroin the market, specifically Assistant News Editor makes people into China White. Doyle was uninspired dullards, quoted as saying, "It In the 60's itwas pot and LSD; full of empty conver­ (China White), is very pure in the 70's it was speed and co­ sation as they lay and very cheap to buy. Us­ caine; in the 80's itwas stress and around complacendy. ers no longer have to inject money; and in the 90's it's heroin They have no needs, it intravenously." China and heroin. they have no wants be- White and other heroins The striking rising in heroin cause they have like it can also be smoked Post photo by Steve Taylor use has filtered down from rock heroin. But in addi­ or snorted. concert backstages to suburbia. tion to being a surro­ Jeff Mueller and Ron Vandenheuvel consider their picks in this But it seems that this rise has Detective Mark Ander­ gate for happiness, week's SA election. Cynthia Cruz and Michelle Leonard (in escaped the college campus. son of the Manitowoc Po­ heroin is also a surro­ background) helped run the polls in the EMS building. All four Colleen Bernstein, an RN at lice Department also sees gate for life." are students in the School of Engineering. an alarming trend of the Norris Health Center who As well as personal younger people getting works in substance abuse, says experience essays on signers stated they were not en­ to the heroin debate, making it hooked. Quoted in th<j she has not handled a heroin the Philadelphia couraging heroin use or as omnipotent in mass culture same article, Anderson patient in over a year. "Because heroin scene, the Gus anorexia. as Cindy Crawford. said, "Heroin users are tra­ of the expense of heroin, we also provides a list of In the theaters, movies like But be that as it may, it seems ditionally middle-age, in don't see it. The closest we've heroin-related web "Drugstore Cowboy," and that here at UWM, as well as most their 40's. But we were come is a erirl who was concerned sites, as well as links to "Trainspotting" both reviled other campuses, students may starting to see kids in their about her boyfriend who was ad- needle exchange and glorified die junkie lifestyle. buy the myth, but still aren' t buy­ late teens and early 20's. dicted to cocaine," said sites. As a result, the media has flocked ing the smack. Bernstein. That really scared us that kids were getting into it." The Gus' two-bits UVISION magazine pub­ about heroin go So if the users are get­ lished a story in October of 1996 against the grain ofthe ting younger, why aren't citing statistics compiled by the junkie stigmas much there more college junk­ Center for Substance Abuse Pre­ of today's youth have ies? Part of the explana­ vention. The Center studied adopted. The heroin tion lies in the efficacy of drug use among college students mystique first became the drug. Addicts describe at the University of the Virgin legend through the heroin as a lifestyle, not Islands. As expected, the major­ words of heroin veter­ just a habit. A full-blown ity ofthe story dealt with alcohol ans like William S. addict lives only for dope, abuse, but students were also sur­ Burroughs and Lou and all daily activity cen­ veyed on narcotic use. Reed. Following their ters around the pursuit of Heroin was at the bottom of example, rock stars smack. In addition, heroin the list, with only 3.3 percent of like Kurt Kobain and is not a social drug, like students surveyed stating they Shannon Hoon used alcohol and marijuana, the had used heroin or other opiates heroin, and thier two most used and abused in the lastyear. Marijuana topped deaths appeared al­ by college kids. the list with one-third, followed most "martyr-Iike;' to by 5.6 percent using cocaine, and A site currendy circu­ a yoa-h glowing in­ 4.3 using LSD. lating on the World Wide creasingly nihilistic. Butin Wisconsin, the Milwau­ Web tided, "Concerning Then the fashion in­ kee Journal-Sentinel published Heroin..." and written by dustry upped the ante an article in July 15,1996 stating someone known simply as with ad's featuring heroin use is on the rise in our the Gus, describes first­ young emaciated state. According to the article, hand experiences with ad­ teens, sporting the 143 arrests were made last year dicts and their shortcom­ "junkie-look." Calvin for heroin-related charges, with ings. The Gus tries to shat­ Klein and other de­ the number of users still escap­ ter the myth of heroin signers caught hell ing arrest impossible to calcu­ hipness. He (or she, I'm from both women's late. not sure which one), says: and parent's groups, Attorney General James "There is no coolness even though the de- Doyle blames the rise, in part, to in heroin, just as there "The voice ofthe campus" April 17, 1997 News CONTENTS Milwaukee AIDS Project NEWS Hey everyone! Free needles! 2 sponsors needle exchange The Votes are in! : 3 By Bill Magyar crease in the transmission of HIV exchange is anonymous and le­ Staff Writer and other blood borne patho­ gal. The program has been aver­ Chancellor Schroeder speaks out.. 3 gens," according to research ages 300 people exchanging The Milwaukee AIDS Project found in the September 1995 about 25,000 needles per month. Controversial drug makes the rounds 4 is helping intravenous drug us­ edition of the Journal of AIDS. There hasn't been much con­ ers avoid one of the many dan­ For over three years the Mil­ troversy over the M.AP. needle gers that they face. waukee AIDS Project has had a exchange. In the three years the Besides overdoses and tainted needle exchange program. Itwas program has been running, only drugs, intravenous drug users decided early in 1992, after ex­ one person has protested, filing ENTERTAINMENT have an increased risk of con­ tensive research, that a needle a lawsuit that was later dismissed tracting HIV and both Hepatitis Meetthe original Beaver 7 exchange program was needed in court. B and C. and feasible for Milwaukee. Some people suggest that Milwaukee Chamber Theater's The Cryptogram 8 The Illinois AIDS Surveil­ The M.A.P. bought a van and needle exchange programs en­ lance Unit has found that, "over hired a two-person staff to run the courage drug use, but research Descendents a great live act .8 3,000 people in Illinois are diag­ exchange in January of 1993. But shows otherwise. nosed with AIDS each year. Half Hey Kids, Comics! It's Roberta Gregory! 9 it was not until March 14, 1994 The Centers for Disease Con­ of new HIVinfections nation-wide that the first exchange route took trol and Prevention said," (There (over40,000/year) occur among place. is) ...no credible evidence to date injectors." There are 14 sites around that drug use...frequency of EDITORIAL Sharing needles with others Milwaukee that the exchange van injection...(or) the number of and using dirty needles make Faculty rights on hold 12 visits on Monday through Thurs­ new initiates to injection drug intravenous drug users one of day. use is increased...as a result of Zaire for the people 12 the highest risk groups for con­ People can bring their used programs that provide access to tracting AIDS. Research shows needles to one of the sites and sterile equipment." From Gingrich to Ginsberg 12 that increased syringe availabil­ exchange them for clean The government has banned ity decreases needle sharing. Frank Zeidler's political EastSide Guide.. 13 needles. Those exchanging federal and state funding of "The 39 percent decrease in needles are also given safe sex needle exchange programs, de­ Prison nurses inspire terror 13 syringe sharing reported by (in­ kits and other health informa­ spite research showing that such jectors) in our sample represents tion, as well as shown how to clean programs don't encourage drug Losing the drug war 13 a significant reduction in risk their needles. HIV testing is also that may lead directly to a de­ available atsome ofthe sites. The Needle CONTINUED ON 6 SPORTS UWM coach Sandy Botham signs five new players forthe 1997-98 campaign 16 Men's volleyball wrap-up 17 The UWM Post Established 1956 2200 East Kenwood Blvd. PO Box 413, Union Box 88 Bloodymarys & Screwdrivers Milwaukee, Wl 53201 $1.5012-close Phone: 229-4578 Fax: 229-4579 E-mail: [email protected] Miller Brand Taps $1.25 4-close News Editor Angela McManaman Office Manager Kevin Triggs Assistant News Editor Erik Rhey Advertising Managers Entertainment Editor Paul Freitag Eric Endicott and Scott Redmond Rail Drinks $1.50 Editorial Editor Gary Grass Ad representatives 4-close Sports Editor Rick Klauer Matthew Otero, Becky Angus and Copy Editor Tom Wiliams Emily Rennes Photo Editor Steve Taylor VVednesday. Micro-Madness Taps $1.50 4-close/ Staff writers (news:) Tim Gregoire, Krista Kinnius, Bill Magyar, Mary Mulroy, Matt • Wild; (entertainment:) Kim Bakke, Ami Blanchowiak, Pete Menting, Roy Normington, Megan O'Donnell; (editorial:) Babette Grunow, (sports:) Musa G.,Steve Koenig, Steve Zimmerman Photographers and artists Joe Niemiec, Paul Berge, Paul Merldein Gasthaus Garb: T-shirts $13.95 Sweatshirts $18.95 One copy free, additional copies are $.75 each.