European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 fake heroin May be ticking time bomb California officials fear epidemic among Young addicts Washington a California May be facing an epidemic of Parkinson disease among Young heroin addicts who encountered a dangerous variant peddled by underground the states chief drug abuse official Robert head of californian drug told a Senate subcommittee thursday that heroin addicts who used a drug called a pop As Long As two years ago Are now beginning to develop symptoms of Sug Gesting the drug May be a time bomb ticking away in the brains of unsuspecting in what we May be facing is an epidemic of Parkinson disease in Young adults in Northern California As a result of this Roberton the Cost to not to mention the human could be Roberton and others testified before a Senate labor and human resources subcommittee on drugs at a hear ing on the latest turn in the illicit drug Market the ability of underground chemists to produce so called de signer variants of illegal drugs that escape the Crim Inal definition of such the term designer drugs was first coined in califor Nia As a backhanded compliment to chemists who can virtually design a drug to operating out of base ment laboratories with common they turn out potent narcotics and hallucinogens that fall beyond the scope of criminal Law but can be As harmful or have worse effects than the drug that is John head of the drug enforcement adminis said Laws Are needed to confront the because chemists can come up with new of drugs faster than they can be without additional we will continually be one step behind Many of these drug he told the the California problem began in 1982 when the designer drug a tit hit the streets in Northern Rob Erton the drug affects the area of the brain known As the substantial he the same area affected by Roberton said a group of addicts arriving at one medical Center two years ago resembled in every Way elderly patients with end stage Parkinson these Young addicts had literally Frozen up and were totally unable to move or treatment with Antiparo insonia therapy was Proba Bly lifesaving in he these patients continue to be severely disabled and required medication every one to three hours just to be Able to move and cat or the Outlook for their futures must be considered grim Roberton said 20 people have been permanently crippled so but he said the cases probably Are just a we now have evidence that damage to this area of the even if it is not enough to cause symptoms at May act like a time with changes in the brain slowly ticking he up until this concern was just he but in the last several we have started seeing a group of Young people at the Center who used a pop two years ago who Are now starting to develop a myriad of All suggestive of Early Parkinson he said California officials have identified More than 500 people who were exposed Tompt thinking it was a new synthetic and he said drug officials believe there Are at least 100 to 200 More who have not been a photo first lady Nancy Reagan Hopes to get the world moving against drug first lady visits Ohio on Antidrug Campaign Ohio a first lady Nancy Reagan wants Young people to handle lifes pressures without turn ing to substance those pressures Are going to get big Reagan said thursday As she spoke with a Small group of teenagers attending the National youth to youth conference at Denison and if you dont learn to handle the pressures youre never going be Able to handle the pressures that Are going to come at you when you get she responding to a report ers question about president reagans recovery from cancer said her husband is thank the presidents illness was raised again at the end of reagans when she was presented with a Large Teddy Bear wearing a my drug free and a Bandage our Best wishes for a speedy Thill get him Reagan said with a state Republican party chairman Michael Colley said the trip marked the first time Reagan had visited Ohio on her own since her husband has been there Are no political secondary events planned in conjunction with her visit to Denison Colley but we Are pleased to Welcome the first lady to Reagan spent two hours at the which trains teenagers and adults to conduct a variety of substance abuse prevention programs in their local before addressing the 300 people at the Reagan met with 14 youths who offered samples of the skits they perform at elementary schools to encourage children to avoid Alco hol and she brushed away a tear during one presentation depicting a girl who had been rejected by her i thought the skits were i think they portray a very Strong Mes or else i have she acc studying proposal for phone computer links Washington a the Federal communications commission is studying a plan to allow Telephone companies to pro vide compute enhanced services through existing phone Many of the computerized switches used in the Telephone network Are wired to pro vide enhanced but acc rules pro Hibit Sale of these services to the rules were drafted when con trolled the telecommunications Industry to keep it out of the computer they were adopted at a time when the unified Bell systems size and Market Power could have allowed it to monopolize that Industry As if the new rules would allow and the 22 local Bell companies created after its breakup to program their computers to take customers phone Mes give customers makeup Calls or allow personal computers to talk to a wide Range of other proponents argue the procedure for granting waivers from the computer rules is they argue the process can cause uncertainty and under the present the phone companies needed a special waiver to continue offering time and weather announcements by phone because the acc rules regarded those As prohibited information services rather than authorized communications the enhanced services that could be offered have the potential of bringing Ameri cans technological innovations already Avail Able in some european countries and giving equipment manufacturers a boost in Oversea proponents backers of the proposal suggest it will also increase efficiency by making More use of the circuits already connected to virtually every Home and office in the makers of answering machines and others who might stand to lose if phone companies get deeper into the information storage and retrieval business will have a Chance to react to the proposal during a Public comment Kentucky teacher wins Job Back in Wall Battle a a teacher fired for showing students the Rock Pink Floyd the has been or dered reinstated by a judge who also or dered in Back pay and Jacqueline a three time teacher of the year at Lincoln county was dismissed in july 1984 after showing the r rated which was said to be obscene and to contain ant establishment District judge Scott Reed thursday ordered the Lincoln county Board of Edu cation to reinstate and pay Back wages of plus interest from fhe Date of dismissal until she is Reed said Fowler was entitled to Protection of the first amendment while he said that a civics and latin also is entitled to in damages from the school Board for emotional distress and for damage to her professional reputation resulting from the Fowler was dismissed on charges of insubordination and conduct unbecoming a teacher that were along with a charge of in after she showed the film on the last Day of the 198384 school the Board voted unanimously to dismiss Fowler following a today Public but dropped the immorality Fowler challenged the decision on grounds that the Board of education had violated her constitutional rights to Freedom of speech and due process of in a 28page said the Board cannot discharge a teacher engaging in expression that is constitutionally protected simply because they do not agree with the Content or the themes of that school Board members had said they objected to bad language and what they believed were ant establishment themes in the rated said editing the movie in the fashion Fowler claimed was done in the classroom would have eliminated most objectionable material from students in the edited which the court one had to listen very carefully to discern any four letter Reed named As defendants in fowlers lawsuit were the five people on the school Board when she was and the school superin fowlers Al said he did not know where she was
