European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday december 21, 1991 anti drug Effort must focus on habitual users feds say by the new York times Washington a with cocaine and heroin use rising again Federal officials said thursday that More Effort in the drug War must be focused on such hard Core users As High school dropouts and the unemployed. But they said they did not foresee a major shift by the Bush administration from its policy of spending 70 percent of its anti drug budget on Law enforcement. A when we have asked for Money from Congress for More treatment we have not gotten it a Louis w. Sullivan the Secretary of health and human services said at a news conference. He referred to a request for $150 million in treatment and education for the inner cities an extremely Small addition to the $11.6 billion anti drug budget the administration requested and Congress endorsed this year. The increases in the use of cocaine and heroin shown in a National Survey and a compilation of Hospital reports that were made Public this week represented the first setback in several years of declining drug use. But officials said that even with these increases drug use in America was still lower now than in 1989. The biggest gains the new reports show have been in the Middle a was drug use goes Down a said Bob Martinez director of National drug control policy a it becomes harder to make Progress because what is left Are those who arc most resistant to anti drug  the administration takes credit for the Middle class improvement but Many drug experts say that much of the decline has resulted from people seeing firsthand what damage drugs can do. The officials said indications that drug use among teen agers was continuing to decline though at a slower Pace than previously reassured them that the anti drug message was getting across. But the surveys also suggested that something was going wrong with anti drug education because the percentage of people who think taking drugs is risky or harmful has been falling. Three years ago 84.9 percent of the population thought taking drugs was dangerous. This year the percentage had dropped to 80.6. According to the Survey by the National Institute on drug abuse which critics say tends to understate the extent of the drug problem 1.9 million americans acknowledged using cocaine this year compared with 1.6 million last year and 2.9 million in 1988. Cocaine use grew in the Over-35 group but remained about the same for the younger group with the exception of teen agers and Young adults among whom drug use declined slightly. Drugs stalk homeless studies say Atlanta up a surveys of the homeless in two Large cities show a majority use drugs and alcohol and their average age at death is 41. Results of the surveys conducted in san Francisco and Miami were reported thursday by the Federal centers for disease control in Atlanta. The Urban Institute estimates the number of homeless in the United states at Between 600,000 to 3 million the cd said. In the san Francisco study the City s health department investigated the deaths of 644 homeless people who died in a six year period from 1985-1990. It said that either drugs or alcohol were detected in 503, or 78 percent of the dead and that one third of the victims were legally intoxicated at the time of death. The majority of those who died were White men and the average age at death was 41. That compares with a life expectancy of around 70 years for the general population the cd said. Thirty nine percent died of natural causes 34 percent of unintentional injuries such As drug overdose 13 percent were killed and 6 percent committed suicide. The cause of death was undetermined in 9 percent of the cases. San Francisco with a population of 723,958, has an estimated homeless population of 6,000 to 18,000. The cd said the Miami study a indicates a High prevalence of substance use and a substantial prevalence of High risk sexual Behaviours among homeless Black men who Are seeking shelter and Job placement  a University of Miami team interviewed 113 homeless Black men in August. Of 78 sexually Active men slightly less than half reported using a condom on one or More occasions during the 30 Days preceding the interview. The majority of those interviewed used alcohol and drugs with crack cocaine the most common Choice among drugs available on the streets. The Survey estimated that Dade county has a homeless population of 6,000 to 10,000. Or. R. Gib Parrish a cd epidemiologist noted that alcoholism and drug overdose were two of the leading causes of deaths among the homeless while in the general population the principal causes Are heart disease cancer and stroke. A basically these people Are tending to die from treatable causes of death Quot he said. . Mobility slows report says by the Washington Post nearly one in five americans changed residence in 1989, Down from previous generations and a rate that could fall further during the current recession the census Bureau reported thursday. A in periods of recession particularly prolonged recession people tend to hold on to what they have not to take chances Quot said Larry Long a census Bureau demographer. Still America continues to be one of the most Mobile societies in the world ranking just behind new zealand Long said. The Survey also found that nearly three quarters of american householders had changed residence since 1975 and close to half had done so since 1985. From the late 1940s, when the census Bureau began collecting statistics to the late 1960s, mobility rates hovered around 20 percent. But they began to fall in the 1970s and hit a Low of about 16 percent in 1983, when the country was in a recession and mortgage interest rates were High. Since then Rales have rebounded slightly but Are still below the rates of previous decades. The 1989 rate released thursday was 18 percent. The decreased tendency reflects Broad social and economic trends demographers said. As housing costs have increased Young people have remained in their parents Homes Well into their 20s. Also americans Are delaying marriage and children two of the most prominent reasons people seek new housing. University of Wisconsin sociologist Paul Voss said the aging of the 76 million baby Boomers into their More stable years has undoubtedly dampened the nation s Mobil on the move the census Bureau says nearly one in five american households�?18 percent moves each year. How does that stack up with other countries new zealand Usa Canada Israel puerto Rico Britain Sweden Japan Franca the Netherlands the soviet Union 3% Ity. Sas Sharon Kilday Tarrazi Quot the baby Boom is now entered in the 30-Someth period. That is a time when. You begin to Sel Down Quot he said. Voss also said the High incidence of two earner Cut pics makes it harder for families to move when i spouse is offered a new Job elsewhere. A a lot of people think people move for reasons i jobs a said Jeanne Woodward author of the census 1 Reau study. Quot jobs definitely Are important but that s i the Only reason people make moves. They move will localities to find a House that fits them  . A love Evert former Tennis great Chris Evert cradles her 10-week-old son Alexander at their Home in Boca Raton fla., on thursday. Evert now works part time As a television Tennis  customer foils robbery at restaurant from wire reports Anniston Ala. A a restaurant Patron hid under a table and broke up a robbery tuesday by shooting two of the Holdup men killing one and critically injuring the other. Authorities said three robbers thought they had locked up All 20 customers and employees at a Shoneye a restaurant except for the manager. But one customer armed with a .45-caliber automatic handgun hid under a table police said. When he was discovered he shot one robber in the Chest and Abdomen killing him. He then exchanged gunfire with a second robber who was holding the manager at gunpoint. The injured suspect Levi Pace 25, was in critical condition at Northeast Alabama regional medical Center. Fec slain Man s identity was not known. Charges against the customer Are  to operate shuttle new York Nusair and creditors of the Trump shuttle agreed in principle thursday for us air to manage and operate an hourly warning ton new York Boston shuttle for up to 10 years. Under the Accord us air would assume a Small ownership stake in the shuttle now with an option to buy it outright at the end of five years. Financial details were not announced. One source speculated that the Deal would relieve shuttle owner Donald j. Trump of some $360 million in  sentenced to death St. Louis a a fundamentalist Muslim couple were sentenced to death thursday for killing their westernized teen age daughter whose screams for mercy were recorded secretly by the Fri. Zein Isa 61, and his wife Maria 48, were sentenced to die by injection for the 1989 stabbing death of 16-year-old Tina Isa. The Fri had bugged the apartment reportedly As part of an investigation into whether Isa was involved with the Palestine liberation  upsets school upper Marlboro my. An 11-year-old boy was suspended for three Days for bringing a condom to school and showing it to other pupils. The Prince Georges county a student code of conduct does not prevent pupils from carrying condoms. A it is simply not a Susic edible offence to bring a condom to school a said county schools spokeswoman Bonnie Jenkins. But the boy could be suspended if his a accompanying behave or was disruptive she said. Waldon Woods elementary principal Michael Kovach would not comment on the suspension