FRIDAY, MARCH 17,1972
Drug Analysis
Reveals Frauds
Stockton, Calif. (I-P.)
One of the few drug analysis
programs in the United States
now is underway at the
University of the Pacific School
of Pharmacy.
Pacific Information Service
on Street Drugs involves
pharmacy students analyzing the
content of various illicit drugs,
most of which are sent to the
school by a local drug abuse
clinic.
"The term 'street drug' refers
to both legally and illegally
manufactured drugs that are sold
in the illicit street market and
usually are of unknown
composition," explained Dr.
John Brown, associate professor
of pharmacognosy.
Dr. Brown said the school
became involved in the program'
when officials realized a
"tremendous" need for the
service. This is due to the
number of "bad trips" drug
users receive after buying pills
and capsules that are not what
the seller claimed.
Four pharmacy students
spend an average of ten hours
per week analyzing the drugs,
and Dr. Brown said the number
of samples received varies each
week. The program receives
financial support from Tho Chi,
the pharmacy honorary society,
and the students receive
academic credit for their work as
part of a special problems class.
Friends, a local drug abuse
clinic, provides approximately
90 per cent of the drugs that are
tested. The students also receive
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samples from In Site, a drug
abuse clinic in Sonora, and from
various pharmacists who come in
contact with drug users on "bad
trips."
Findings by the school so far
have included instances where a
drug user was told he was
purchasing mescaline, but in
nearly all cases the drug turned
out to contain the considerably
more dangerous LSD. A recent
survey of 13 mescaline pills
revealed various amounts of LSD
in all cases.
"We have found that most of
the drugs we check have been
sold under false pretenses, and
that a large percentage of all the
street drugs contain LSD
-without the buyer knowing
it."
Lou Hardy, director of
Friends, has praised the program
as being of a "great help" to his
organization. "This program
gives us knowledge of what is
happening in the street regarding
the drug situation.
"But the most significant
contribution is the school's
ability to feed back information
very rapidly when a batch of bad
street drugs gets in circulation.
One of the most dangerous
aspects of drug abuse is someone
taking a home brew drug
without knowing what he is
getting."
Hardy cited one example
when a batch of misrepresented
street drugs virtually disappeared
from circulation after the
school's analysis of their content
was publicized.
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Chisholm Backers Pleased
Ed. Note - The following
statement was released to the
GUILFORDIAN by the Guilford
College Students for Shirley
Chisholm.
We were exhiliarated by the
news of Shirley's victory in the
Georgia primary. This victory is
particularly significant in view of
the fact that almost every
significant Democratic candidate
was running against her. Shirley
Chisholm defeated front runner
Edmond Muskie, We Try Harder
because we're only Number two,
George McGovern, George
Wallace, who carried Georgia in
1968, John Lindsay, and Ralph
Nader. It is now obvious to all
that Shirley Chisholm is a
genuine candidate and a
welcome alternative to the
WASP sameness of the
opposition.
Shirley Chisholm has detailed
specific proposals for changes in
the United States. She supports
equal rights for women and was
a co-sponsor of the Equal Rights
Amendment. She has also
co-sponsored legislation to
establish a nationwide system of
day care centers. Shirley favors
immediate withdrawal of all
American military influence, not
only in Vietnam, but from all of
southeast Asia. She has
co-sponsored legislation to
repeal the draft and establish a
volunteer army and voted
against all money bills for the
military and will continue to do
so until national priorities are
reversed. She has voted against
MIRV and ABM. She is against
sending aid to undemocratic
countries such as Greece and
Spain. Shirley is in favor of a
minimum annual income of
McGovern Supporters
The Guilford College
Students for McGovern recently
completed a Presidential
preference poll among the
students and faculty at the
college.
In the student poll, fifty
students were randomly chosen
from the student directory and
asked whom they would vote for
for President if the election were
held today. Both day and
resident students, male and
female, were included in the
survey. The results are as
follows:
George McGovern 16 (32%)
Richard Nixon 11 (22%)
Edmund Muskie 4 ( 8%)
Paul McCloskey 2 ( 4%)
John Ashbrook 1 ( 2%)
Favorite Son 1 ( 2%)
Undecided 15_ (30%)
50 100%
The students were also asked
whether or not they had
registered to vote. Twenty-seven
students (54%) said that they
were registered and twenty-three
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$6,500 for a family of 4. Her
active concern for veterans has
led her to push for jobs and
benefits in this area. She has
co-sponsored legislation to give
fuller tax benefits to the
unmarried and supports tax
reform to make the system more
equitable. Mrs. Chisholm has
vigorously opposed
infringements of liberties
represented by No Knock Laws,
preventive detention, wire
tapping, and domestic spying.
She is a leader in Consumer
Protection. She has and is
fighting for Congressional
reform, i.e., chairmanships based
on ability not age, and a
retirement age of 65 which
would be mandatory. Shirley
favors the legalization of grass
but is in favor of crushing the
illegal traffic in hard drugs. To
this end she has advocated the
end of foreign aid to all nations
who will not make an effort to
stop the drug flow.
Register DEMOCRATIC, vote
CHISHOLM.
students (46%) have not yet
registered to vote.
All faculty members were
given a mimeographed sample
ballot and asked to state their
choice for President. The ballot
was completed and returned by
thirty-six members. The results
were these:
George McGovern l9Vi (54.2%)
Shirley Chisholm 4 (11.1%)
Edmund Muskie 4 (11.1%)
Richard Nixon 3 ( 8.3%)
Hubert Humphrey 1 ( 2.8%)
Henry Jackson 1 ( 2.8%)
John Lindsay 1 ( 2.8%)
Terry Sanford 1 ( 2.8%)
Others IYi ( 4.2%)
36 100.1%
These polls show that the
Guilford College faculty strongly
support the liberal candidates,
specifically Senator McGovern,
while the students at Guilford
College are largely undecided at
this stage although Senator
McGovern wins a plurality of the
votes of those who have made
up their minds.