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SECTION C Attorney General Robert Morgan Speaks To (editor's Mote: Following it flie text at a speech by State (JtfAoraej General Bobert Mor- P® at the installation ban- Q*>et of Edenton Jaycees on APril 33. The subject was: Abuse In North Caro lina.-) It is certainly a pleasure fcw me to be with you here in Bdentou tonight, to to this very fine Jaycee chap ter, and to visit with old Mends here in this area. It was kind of you to invite us and to go to the trouble you did to make sure we could let here and back to Golds boro later this evening. * want to talk with you tonight about a very serious Problem which is a part of my day-to-day duties as your Attorney General—a problem into which I have had an un usual opportunity to gain ' special insight, enabling me to share with you some thoughts and observations TyCer Os Edenton BRING US YOUR FILM FOR PROMPT PROCESSING v^w ■ v:;^BF; . \ Peanut heaven. No weeds and grasses ;*. to fight. It’s no dream. Not with dependable Balan® to kill 20 weeds and grasses as they germi nate. Wet weather or dry, your peanuts can devote their full energies to making the most of available sunlight, moisture, nutri ents. All season. Cultivations drop. Peanuts prosper. Yields soar. About as close to pea nut heaven as you can get. Let Balan work for you. Talk about it over a cup of coffee with your dealer or ask any Balan user. He’ll tell you. When you hear h from Elanco, yon hear it right. THE CHOWAN HERALD which should be of interest to you. I have been your Attorney General for only a short while now, but I believe that I came into office just as the drug problem began to emerge as a major concern in North Carolina, and 1 have semi its effects during the last several months. I think good evidence of the serious ness of the problem in our state is the fact that our Governor and a committee of concerned citizens throughout North Carolina just this past week held a conference on drugs in Raleigh attended by more than 2,000 persons fram every area of our state and representing nearly every profession. I had an opportunity to at tend a portion of the confer ence and to participate in the program. After hearing the testimony of three young people who had themselves been addicted to drugs, hear ing top officials In the Fed eral Bureau at Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, and the National Mental Health In stitute and others, I became more convinced Qian ever that those of us serving you in public office must devote more time to arousing public concern and prompting civic action to curb the rising tide of drug abuse. There are some who have indicated that the dimensions of the problem have been ex aggerated, but i will say this to you, anyone who believes that drug abuse in North Ca rolina is just a scare phrase used by law enforcement of ficials simply doesn't under stand the consequences of what I consider a major problem of this new decade. Drug abuse is not the sole ■ and exclusive problem of law enforcement officers. You have only to think for a mo ment to realize that it is cer tainly a concern at mental health officials, of educators, of physicians and others. However, the role of the law enforcement officer is pe culiar. When many persons such as doctors and teachers deal with those caught in the tangles cf illegal drug use, it is in the privacy of their offices—in counseling and in treatment sessions the pub lie eye is not upon them. Bu you know as well as I that every move the officer makes today is subject to public scrutiny, that the arrests he makes are public records, that his actions arc a continuing object of news coverage. Os course, I do not object to this. However, because of the difference between the role played by law enforce ment and others fighting drug abuse, the public often tends to believe that the problem affects no one but the officer. That the only solution to drug abuse must come dram law enforcement Surely this is not true, though law en forcement does have a very vital role. To compound the many misconceptions about dr u g abuse, there are- some per sons who would have their fellow citizens believe that law enforcement officials are Edenton, North Carolina, Thursday, April 30,1970. in fact getting a great kick out at the surge of illegal drug use. There are some who say that law enforce ment has abandoned all else and is on some sort of lark, enjoying in some perverted way the misfortune of others. Nothing could be further from the truth and, as chief spokesman for law enforce ment in North Carolina, I become extremely disturbed whenever I hear or read such inferences. Strangely enough, however, such com ments too often come from those who should be suffici ently informed to know bet ter. I would like to destroy this misconception, this seed which has been planted in the minds of some of our people by THIS SATURDAY IS ELECTION DAY! VOTE FOB R J. GEORGE COUNTY COMMISSIONER FIRST TOWNSHIP Your vote for N. J. George is a vote for experience, proven leadership and dedicated service to the citizens of Chowan County. Your Support & Vote Will Be Appreciated THIS ADVERTISEMENT SPONSORED BY FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS OF V ' N. J. GEORGE FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER Jaycees On Dangerous Drug Problem In State others who seemingly believe that there is no drug prob lem in North Carolina, who contend that a few of our young people are engaged in a harmless, passing fad and that North Carolina is experi encing nothing more than a mild increase in marijuana use. During the last couple of weeks four autopsy reports prepared by the State Medical Examiner have come to my desk. -Down at the bottom of bach of those reports is a space in which to write the probable cause of death. Dr. Page Hudson, the State Medical Examiner, had writ ten on two “heroin poison ing”; the other two read acute narcotism and showed that fatal amounts of mor phine were found to internal organs. Who were the victims? Derelicts? Skid row types who had turned to drugs to forget wasted lives and to conjure up one last “pipe dream”? No. They were not. let's look at their ages. The two oldest of the four were U>; one was 18 and an other, the son of a lay min ister, was only 16. The re port shows that all were well developed and otherwise seemingly healthy. One of the young boys had been riding a bicycle and playing basketball earlier in the afternoon, then came in the house and collapsed in the bedroom. His parents contended that he had never taken drugs and he died sud denly at 8 P. M. before bis condition could even be diag nosed Another of these youngsters showed evidence of being beaten and kicked and offic ers were told his condition FOR SALE 3-Bedroom Brick Home Low Down Payment - Good Location SEE or call HAYWOOD JONES Phone 482-2314 SECTION C was a result of having drank household detergent. No traces of detergent were found, however, and eoaoe quently he died of drug pois oning. Though no arrests CentfameA am Page 3
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