European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 11, 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 5 Reagan traces drug problems to 60s Washington Al president Reagan said America s problem with drug use in the workplace Spieros in part from students of the 1960s and 1970s who experimented with illegal substances and retained their destructive drug a nails in Many ways our country is still paying for the. Can inn of our values and the decline in self res Nonsie i Lily hat occurred in the 1960s and the 1970s," Rea Gan said in a speech to corporate leaders trying to drive drugs from the work site. The students of that period who used illegal drug sin High school or College have in Many cases taken heir destructive drug habits with them into their places of employment Reagan said. Drug users Ai the workplace Reagan said pose a threat id their in workers and represent a corporate crisis and a National  first lady Nancy Reagan in a separate speech indicated thai s he agreed for years Young people were the biggest Udo catch of drug use. Today Young people arc much More aware of the dangers she said in a speech to the world Gas conference. Today the real advocates of drug use arc the aging holdovers from the 1960s and 1970s, the president said thai whal was once defended As a victimless crime is costing America billions of dollars a year in lost productivity in Bis speech to the National conference on a drug free workplace Reagan did not Advance any new Steps to combat drug abuse. The Cabinet level National drug policy Board is deliberating Over proposals to take away student Loans and deny Drivers licenses for anyone convicted of using drugs and impose Federal penalties for drug Deal ing near Public housing projects. But sources say the panel is split and that education Secretary William j. Bennett is trying to steer the administration away from adopting such harsh proposals Reagan did not mention the panel s proposals. The president said Here arc limits on whal can be accomplished in fighting the Supply of drugs so the Battle against drugs must be directed against the user. Because so Long As there is a demand for illegal drugs there will be a powerful financial incentive for drug t traffickers to satisfy that demand Reagan said. The president said he believes there has been a major change of Altitude in America about drug use and that the momentum has shifted from those who celebrated the drug subculture to those who just say no and help others do the  it is this change in attitudes that i believe makes total Victory in the War on drugs not just possible but ultimately  Reagan said. The National drug policy Board also is considering whether to endorse withholding Federal Aid from stale and local governments colleges and universities and other publicly financed institutions if they Don t adopt the anti drug proposals which arc still in the Dis Cussion stage. President Reagan addresses drug abuse problems. Popcorn banned medicare expansion probable at Mayo clinic Rochester Minn. A a year after Banning smoking in All buildings the Mayo clinic is taking on a new pollutant microwave Popcorn. Employees cannot pop Corn in break rooms and the clinic has removed the microwave product from vending machines. The ban was prompted by complaints from Pai icim who were leased by the smell while fasting in preparation for exams clinic spokeswoman Meg Black said. The Strong Aroma would permeate to patient areas and it certainly would t be fair to Tell Ihm they can t eat and then All of a sudden have them smelling Popcorn Black said. I can sympathize with those patients said Tom Elsun of Jolly time pop Corn of Siou City Iowa our Only Hope is that they return to Good health in the future and again can enjoy Popcorn for  Washington a the first major expansion of medicare in 23 years is headed to the while House where president Reagan s chief spokesman said thursday the legis lation to pro incl America s elderly from the financial ruin of serious ill Ness is viewed with favor. The president is very concerned about Long term health care As he has said a number of limes while House spokesman Marl in Fitz Waitr said. We Don t want to forecast the final action on this Bill but we look favor ably upon  there was no reaction from the White House to the Senate s 86-11 approval of the measure which came a week after the House voted in similarly overwhelming fashion for the com Promise worked out in months of negotiations among House and Senate conferees and administration observers. Sen. Bill Armstrong r-coio., one of the 11 who voted against the measure complained that it is going to Cost everybody and help very  indeed proponents never argued that the Bill would have an automatic Benefit for each of the nation s 32 million medi care beneficiaries 29 million of them past age 65. The other 3 million qualify for the Federal health program because they Are medically disabled. Senate action on the catastrophic health Bill came shortly after the House killed a separate measure thai would have provided extensive Home benefits for people not sick enough to require hospitalization or nursing Home care. Even though it was not intended Pri Marily As a vehicle for improving Long term care benefits the new medicare legislation docs make some improvements in that area As Well. For example it extends the coverage available for people who need skilled nursing care in nursing Homes from 100 Days a year to 150. Ii also will enable an Jet lag apparent to travellers but ways to Cope with it Aren t Chicago a nine out of 10people who Fly across multiple Lime zones suffer Jet lag yet Many Lake no preventive action to reduce he not rious wrecker of vacation happiness and business acumen a Survey Indi Cates. Most travellers would probably recommend taking a Semi rest for the first Day or two when you arrive said or. Michael Irwin medical director of the United nations. The three or four ways of coping with Jet lag Are not known. Irwin was in Chicago on thursday to discuss findings of a Survey of 784 lore distance Jet travellers. The Survey explored How Many suffered from Jet lag symptoms and whal if anything they did about it. Ninety four percent said they were bothered by fatigue sleeplessness impaired concentration slowed reflexes irritability or other symptoms associated with Jet lag if they new across three time zones or More. Forty five percent reported sever problems with inability to sleep and daytime sleepiness or fatigue being Lite most disturbing the Survey said. Cyl Only about 45 percent of the total said they used any strategy to try to head off Jet lag symptoms it said those who did report having helpful strategies most commonly listed avoid ing alcohol on the flight resting a few Days on arrival exercising daily on arrival adjusting sleeping patterns be fore leaving and using a Short term sleeping medication the first night or two in he new place. Most people still Don t realize to avoid alcohol on the plane said Irwin who became interested in the problem of Jet lag in Bis duties oversee ing the health of . Staff. The reason is thai the combination of dry air inside the plane less than 5 percent humidity with the alcohol makes you very dehydrated and it s harder to adjust to a different time  he said at least 100 biochemical and hormonal rhythms in the body which govern daily cycles such As sleep All suffer with dehydration. Jet lag symptoms Are worse flying West to cast As evidenced by the fed ing that 23 percent of East coast trav Elers to Europe reported severe Jel lag while Only 14 percent had severe prob lems on the reverse trip the Survey said. Similarly 39 percent of those travel ing East from the Orient to California were extremely bothered compared with 24 percent travelling West from California to the Orient the Survey said. Elderly person left at Home to keep More Money when his or her spouse has to go into a nursing Home for an indefinite stay paid for by medicaid the govern ment health program for the poor. Leaders in both the House and Senate have said Long term care will head the Domestic Agenda in the next Congress. In essence the new legislation pro Vides a safety net for medicare beneficiaries faced with extraordinary expenses from acute illnesses such As cancer. Beyond that it introduces a general prescription drug Benefit into the medi care program for the first Lime albeit Only for those who run up More than $600 a year in drug Bills. The Bill is drawn with the idea thai potential beneficiaries will foot the entire Cost of the expanded benefits which arc estimated to Cost $32.6 billion Over the next five years. Each of the 32 million will be assessed $4 a month in Flat medicare premiums to pay for the additional coverage. Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. June ii 1948 confusion resulted at Many Border Points As the soviets enforced new and sudden restrictions on travel Between Berlin and Western Ger Many. 30 years ago  ii 1958 the insurgent com Mittee of Public safely in Algeria opposed efforts by Premier Charles de Gaulle 10 turn its efforts toward unifying the moslem and european populations in Algeria. 20 years ago today. ,. June ii 1968 the supreme court upheld the Power of police to Stop suspicious people on the Street and to frisk Ihm for weapons. The Vole was 8to i. To years ago toddy ,. June 11, 1978 soviet Leader Leo nid Brezhnev turned Down a request from West German president Waller Scheel to permit the release of former Hitler Deputy Rudolf Hess from Spandau prison