European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday september 9. 1388 army studies stimulant use to help troops keep Alert san Jose Calif. A the army is studying the potential consequences of giving stimulants like amphetamines to soldiers to help solve the problem of keeping them Alert when they go Days without sleep a newspaper reported. Officials expect to give stimulants to troops in the Field in the near  according to a report by the Washington based Waller Reed army Institute of re search which conducted the study. The san Jose Mercury news which obtained he report said tuesday that similar studies Are being con Duilid by the Navy and air Force. Army spokesman Ben Smith said the objective is to find drugs thai can keep soldiers Sharp when they Are awake for Days. Among those under study arc amphetamines and stimulants such As nicotine the newspaper reported. Smith said concerns about Side effects have placed their possible use in doubt research has concluded that extended use of amphetamines and their derivatives can Lead to paranoia hallucinations and violent behaviour. The non classified research has been under Way for about four years and is the latest in a series of military studies on Jet lag and sleep deprivation Smith said. He said the report will be published in the journal cur psychopharmacology published by the univer sity of California san Diego and will be reviewed at Many Levels of the military it predicted that in the next decade the studies will no doubt provide novel Means both behavioural and pharmacological to sustain Soldier alertness and unit performance according to the newspaper Gregory Bilenky a Walter Reed scientist and a principal researcher in the study was not available for comment tuesday Smith said. But but inky is not a supporter of amphetamines and is not making a ease for their use in the report. Smith said. Army and Navy officials say their personnel arc not allowed to use stimulant or sleep inducing drugs unless prescribed by a doctor. But in july air Force officials acknowledged that some pilots use the amphetamine pee drink. The officials said that the pilots Only take the stimulant to stay awake on Lon flights and that it is not used for Normal Day to Day training nights. In the army experiments subjects were kept awake 48 hours and then Given either a Placebo or up to 20 milligrams of an amphetamine Belenky told the paper. Use of amphetamines really brought people Back to Normal Levels for about 12 hours he said. It really sort of restores mood it restores  wiser9 Biden returns to Senate Washington al1 sen. Joseph r. Biden jr., saying he is a Little Wiser. More Serene returned to the Senate wednesday nearly seven months after he underwent emergency brain surgery to repair an aneurysm looking tanned and trim As he stepped off the train from Wilmington del., Leiden plunged into a Busy first Day. Attending a Surprise party in his office talking with reporters chairing a foreign relations sub com Neil acc hearing on presidential our Powers and voting in the Senate. Later the Senate put aside business on a textile Bill to pay tribute to Biden. With i urn s parents wife children and other rela Tives looking on from the gallery the Senate voted unanimously to Welcome him Back and gave him a standing ovation. A Parade of senators from both Par ties took the floor to Praise Biden including 87-year old John Stennis a miss. Who had been a fellow hos Pital patient. Having friends makes a difference. Having a place you want to be makes a difference Biden said in an emotional thank you speech i m More Happy to be Back than you can imagine the 45-year-old senator told his staff which had draped his office in balloons and Welcome Back sen Ator banners. Biden who last year was a candidate for the demo cratic presidential nomination later captured by Massachusetts nov. Michael Dukakis reflected on the 12 month period that took him from the Campaign Trail to the Hospital. Biden said his withdrawal from the race saved my life. My doctors told me the prospects of my still being alive if 1 stayed in the presidential race were very re  there is no Way i would have been the  Biden said. "1 either would have died or been in the  Biden also said he bore no grudge against the Duka Kis aide whose leaked reports to the press helped end Biden s Campaign. John Sasso who was fired by Dukakis and then recently rehired had Given reporters information that Biden had taken quotes from a British politician and used them  in his own speeches. Sen Joseph Biden any personal feeling disappeared Between the first aneurysm and the blood clot Biden joked adding that he would work for Dukakis in this fall s presiden tial Campaign. Biden was hospitalized last february complaining of neck pain and nausea. A Middle of the night Emer gency Transfer brought Biden from a Hospital in Wil Mington to Waller Reed army medical Center in Washington. Hours later he was operated on for an aneurysm in an artery supplying blood to his brain. Another smaller aneurysm was found and Biden underwent additional surgery on May j. Stateside huge Cache of heroin seized in Boston 4 held Boston a Law enforcement agents arrested four people and seized in pounds of nearly pure heroin from Hong Kong authorities said. The drugs seized wednesday had a Street value of hundreds of millions of dollars authorities said. The drugs were tracked from Logan International Airport where they were discovered two weeks ago hidden under machine parts authorities said. Federal and local of in is trailed the shipment to a commercial building in South Pastan where it was seized according to a police official who spoke on condition of anonymity. Officials refused to identify the four arrested wednesday de Callanan a spokesman for the . Cus Toms service in Boston con firmed the amount and Quality of heroin seized but refused to elaborate. . Attorney Frank l. Maen Anwa said he could not comment on the arrest. Dod oks weapon sales to Canada Venezuela Washington a the defense department informed Congress on wednesday it has approved the sales of Harpoon Ami ship missiles to Canada and Venezuela and mk-46 torpedoes to Spain assuming there Are no congressional objections the Pentagon said Venezuela would be offered 18 Harpoon missiles at an estimated Cost of $50 million while Canada would receive 29 harpoons of a slightly different Model for an estimated $47 million. Both countries intend to use the missiles to equip patrol boats or frigates the Pentagon said. Spain meantime is being offered 231 mk-46 torpedoes for an estimated $64 million. They will be installed on frigates and anti submarine helicopters. The prime contractor for the harpoons will be the Mcdonnell Douglas astronautics co. In St. Louis mo., while the prime contractor for inc. Torpedoes will be the defense systems division of Honeywell inc. In Hopkins Minn. Fra seeking seizure of defective condoms St. Paul Minn. A the Federal govern ment has gone to court to try to confiscate nearly 50,000 condoms it says . The Case is believed to Mark the first time the Federal food and drug administration has sought to seize a Batch of condoms for destruction. The . Attorney s office filed suit in . District court Here on tuesday asking the court to order the . Marshal to seize the condoms from the warehouse of Mentor corp. Of Minne Apolis. Attic seizure would include about 44,350 con Doms from a Batch of contraceptives made for Mentor by an East coast factory said assistant . Attorney Roylene Champeaux. The Fra routinely tests condoms every three months before they leave manufacturers Ware houses. If More than three condoms of a Batch of 1,000 teak the Batch is declared substandard said Mentor spokesman Al Mannino. . Gets Tough on dumpers of medical wastes Albany . A illegal dump ers of syringes blood vials and other infectious medical wastes face stiffer pen allies under legislation signed into Law wednesday by new York gov. Mario Cuomo the Bill is part of a stale Effort to Stem the flow of medical trash that washed ashore on several new York City and Long Island beaches in recent months forcing the temporary closure of several popular shores during the hottest sum Mer in decades. Cuomo called this year s descriptions of the floating debris shocking and said the incidents threaten the Liveli Hood of thousands who work at our beaches and the enjoyment of the Mil Lions of new yorkers who use the beaches for  under the Bill approved by Cuomo penalties of up to four years in jail and fines of up to $50,000 could be brought against people convicted of illegally Dis posing of the so called red bag medical wastes. The debris is dubbed that be cause it s supposed to be thrown out in specially marked containers. Cuomo also said he signed a compan Ion Bill wednesday that provides $2 Mil lion to pay for slipped up enforcement of the infectious waste disposal rules by the state departments of environmental conservation and Parks recreation and historic preservation. The legislation is designed to put Teeth into regulations recently established by the slate environmental conservation and health departments those new rules Are designed so provide Cradle to grave tracking of the medical wastes and to make sure that discarded infectious materials Are clearly marked to make tracing easier