Getting The Dope On Drugs
The old style incandescent li^t overhanging this intersection at Tate
and Grimes Streets in Macedonia Is the kind the city is gradually replacing
with new, modem mercury vapor lights. Along some streets, however, there
are no lights at all. One is Clay Avenue, at right, a dirt street which has
not a single light along its four-block length.
Darkness A Problem In Areas
Where Streetlights Not Yet Up
Lighting has long been recognized
as a problem in the Model Neighbor
hood.
Along many of the streets in Mac
edonia and the Southside, for exam
ple — particularly along those dirt
roads — nighttime is a dark time.
Early this year a bond referendum
made $75,000 available specifically for
street lighting improvements within
High Point.
According to Clarence Grubbs of
the City’s Electrical Division, most of
this money has not yet been spent.
During this year since the referendun..
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Model City Commission
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Education Task Force ^
7:30 p.m., Methodist Church
Housing and Environment Task Force
7:30 p.m., Methodist Church
Credit Tip
Most families find that January is
the toughest month to make ends
meet.
How many of us ov^pend on
Christmas gifts and goodies?
The answer is, too many.
It’s a common fault for families to
think that the things they buy on
credit during the Christmas season
won’t catch up with them in January.
They’re wrong.
For this reason, it’s a good idea
to start thinking now about how
you’re going to manage those bills
that will pile up after the first of
the year.
Besides catching up on all your
regular bills, there will be car license
tags to buy, and income tax to pay,
to say nothing of higher fuel and
li^t bills.
It looks like more than you can
handle? Call Consumer Credit Coun
seling at 885-0041. This Model Cities
agency, directed by Barry Boneno, is
designed for people like you with
money management problems.
Consumer Credit Counseling can’t
pay off your bills for you, but it
can help reduce the amount of your
payments each month to a size you
can handle.
This year Christmas doesn’t have
to throw you for a loop!
Narcotics Hook Quickest
most of the money spent on street
lighting has come from that depart
ment’s normal operating budget.
Many streets in the Model Neigh
borhood have, indeed, received new
or improved lights. And each new
light costs the city $150.
While many lights have been in
stalled in the Model Neighborhood
within recent months, there is still a
problem. And the City is working
on it.
Meanwhile, if you go walking at
night along Clay Avenue in Mace
donia, fcr exaixipl^, take a
Some task forces now meet on the second floor of the First United
Methodist Church educational building, 512 N. Main Street. Meeting rooms
are accessible through the back entrance on N. Wrenn Street.
Pre-Commission Meeting December 28
January 2
January 4
January 8
January 8
Health and Social Services Task Force —' January 9
7:30 p.m., Methodist Church
Employment and Economic Development Task Force January 9
7:30 p.m., Methodist Church
Crime arid Juvenile Delinquency Task Force January 10
7:30 p.m.. Model Cities Office
Narcotics usually come from opium,
a substance obtained from the juice
of the poppy. These “opiates” include
heroin, morphine, and codeine —
which are the most efiFective pain
killers known to medicine.
They are also probably the easiest
drugs to become addicted to.
The group of abused drugs called
narcotics work on the central nervous
system, reducing sensitivity to pain.
They create drowsiness, induce sleep,
and reduce physical activity. Side ef
fects include nausea and vomiting, con
stipation, itching, flushing red, small
pupils, and difliculty in breathnig.
Perhaps the most widely abused nar
cotic drug is heroin, which is made
from morphine and is up to 10 times
stronger.
Heroin is usually mixed into a liquid
solution and injected into a vein. The
process is called “mainlining,” which
produces the most rapid “high.”
A “high” on heroin, like most of the
other narcotics, brings about a reduc
tion of tension, easing of fears, and
a relief from worry. At first there is
so little activity Aat the user may
appear semi-conscious or unconscious.
Heroin use reduces hunger, thirst,
and the sex drive. Because of this ef
fect, the user often neglects his ap
pearance, personal habits, and diet.
As a result, there is danger that he
may catch infections more easily than
non-addicts, or suffer from malnutri
tion.
Overdose is also a danger, as is blood
poisoning from using dirty needles.
It is relatively easy to get hooked
to narcotics, and when that happens,
the body requires repeated and larger
doses of the drug more and more often.
Even vidth the body’s constant crav
ing for these drugs, it is simpler medi
cally to get rid of the habit than it
is to cure the addict’s psychological
dependence on them. With the use of
a synthetic drug called methadone, an
addict can withdraw painlessly within
one to three weeks.
When he tries to withdraw — or “go
cold tiu-key” — alone, the physical pain
is a nightmare.
TUEN TO CRIME
It has become commonly accepted
that drug addiction has a direct in-
Due to the holidays,
the next
What's Happening
will be issued
January 12.
fluence on crime, because addicts who
crave a “fix” will usually stop at noth
ing to get the money needed to buy
their drugs. While crime is not a di
rect effect of the drug itself, crime is
usually the only way addicts have
eventually to get the money required
to buy these expensive drugs.
On the other hand, addicts who
have the money, to begin vvath, almost
never would commit criminal acts, be
cause these opiate drugs cause them
to be passive, rather than aggressive
by nature.
Another drug known in this group
is cocaine, which is usually sniffed, or
“snorted,” causing the membranes in
the nose to swell and then to burst.
With prolonged use, cocaine produces
a constant ruimy nose.
The dangers from the use of nar
cotics can not be overemphasized.
Death from an accidental overdose, or
from blood infections, is always a
threat.
Narcotics abusers, like all drug de
pendent persons, can be helped, and
even cured with their ovm complete
cooperation. Rehabilitation is not easy
in this drug culture. Professional help
is nearly always needed.
(Model Cities’ Drug Day Program,
located at 803 E. Green Drive, was set
up for addicts who want help in lack
ing a habit. All clients are treated
confidentially, and their records are
kept secret. Call 882-2125 for further
information.)
gIVATlVfS
HEROIN, MORPl
Opium poppy and crude opium (for
smoking), codeine, heroin and mor
phine.
FORMS OF HEROIN
Forms of heroin.
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