4-THE CAROLINA TIMES-SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1982
Hazel Plummer
Bowling Scores
MarijuanaMayCause Infertility
The Hazel B. Plummer Bowling
League scores for November 2-9:
Ladies’ high game;
207.-Missourie Morris,
203*Barbara Harrington,
198-Anne Reed and Thelma Par
rish.
• Ladies' high series;
578-Barbara Harrington,
■546-Missouri Morris, 528-Nancy
Rowland.
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Hanes, 211-James S. Harrington,
204-Norman Johnson.
Men's high series; 586-Jim
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566-James S. Harrington.
Others; 523-Bernice Snipes,
514-Roslyn Leslie, 502-Anne
/Reed, 203-Joseph Parker, 202,
201-Jim Dyer, 202-Jimmy L. Harr
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558-Linwood Taylor, 543-Ronald
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539-Ronald Bullock, 538-Howard
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520-Wallace Royal, 510-William
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Sound Experience. Fireballs.
By Henry Duvall
Public opinion on the
effects «of marijuana
usage ranges from
Harmless to very harm-
ul. The National In
stitute on Drug Abuse,
however, indicates that
among some of the
known or suspected
chronic effects of long
term marijuana usage
are impaired lung func
tion, decreased sperm
count and possible
adverse effects on heart
function.
Microscopic evidence
in a study of laboratory
rats by Howard Univer-,
sity researchers now
gives indications that
marijuana may also
cause infertility in male
offspring born to women
who smokenthe popular
drug during pregnancy.
Scientists at Howard’s
College of Medicine in
Washington, have
found in-^ studying
laboratory rats that
marijuana causes struc
tural damage to the pro
state gland in male off
spring and a female pat
tern of hormones.
As a result, the ma
jority of the male rats
studied were found to be'
permanently infertile
compared to those born
to mothers not given the:
drug, says Dr. BalwantI
Ahluwalia, who led the
research. And because of
a deficiency in the major
male se* hormone,
testosterone, the
ed biochemists Dr. Hari
Singh and S. Rajguru,
found that the newborn
ittales were much smaller
than th» ones born from
the control group of rats;
that weren’t given the"
drug. They also had
lowlr male hormone;
levels, although the
levels increased'to nor-,
mal as they grew older.
However, the * study:
found during fbrther in
vestigation that the pro-;
state glands of the male;
offspring bom to:
marijuana-dosed;
mothers wer^damaged.:
An electron microscopic
newborn males in the Analysis revealed struc-:
study displayed feminine tural damage to the
tendencies. '• reproductive organ, says
If Ahluwalia’s study is Dr. Ahluwalia. ''
any indication of mari- The principal ingre-
juana’s effect on human dient of marijuana,
pregnancy — and he sug- tetrahydrocannabinal
gests that there are (THC), causes the fetal
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‘strong indications” for
humans — then women
smoking ^ marijuana
while pregnant face risks
of producing infertile
sons.
Dr. Ahluwalia points
out that the infertility is
usually not discovered
until the male offspring
brain to give the testes an
improper signal, upset
ting the progression of
the development of male
reproductive organs.
Malfunctioning testes
create a deficiency in the
production of the male,
hormone testosterone.
Hormones determine
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during the first few mon
ths of pregnancy because
this is a critical period in
reach manhood and find, characteristic behavioraU the development of
they cannot reproduce. patterns and the . reproductive^rgans in
physiology of the sexes.
The marijuana pro
duced a female pattern
of hormones in the males
born to mothers injected
with the drug in the
study, creating perma
nent infertility and
feminine tendencies.
The findings also ap
pear to suggest that the
origin of male homosex
uality could be
An offshoot of a study
supported by a . grant
from the National In
stitute on Drug Abuse,
the Howard research
concludes that the
greatest risk of causing
infertility appears to be
in the first six months of
pregnancy when “the
fetus is very sensitive,”
^ says the researcher, a
veterinarian andi
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biochemist in the' physiological. Ahluwalia
Howard Department of doesn’t discount that
Obstetrics and, possibility.
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Gynecology.
In conditions
simulating the nine-
month pregnancy cycle,
laboratory rats were in
jected with doses of female
marijuana equivalent to organs
four “joints” a day.
During the 21 days from
conception to delivery,
the experimental rats
were injected from day
Preliminary studies on
the effects of marijuana
on newborn females,
however, indicate that
there is no damage to
reproductive
says the resear
cher.
Women who smoke
marijuana not knowing
they are pregnant may
run an Sven higher risk
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15 to 19, which, accor- of giving birth to infer-
ding to Dr. Ahluwalia, is tile sons than this study,
comparable to the fourth indicates. The drug
to sixth months of presents a greater risk
human pregnancy.
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Health-Wise
the fetus, Dr. Ahluwalia
explains.
According to 1979 Na
tional Institute on Drug
Abuse statistics, about
53 million Americans
have tried marijuana at
least once in their
lifetime, constituting
about 25 per cent of the
nation’s population. Of
that number, about 22
million arc women.
The NIDA data show
that about 22.5 million
people in the last 30 days
of the survey smoked
marijuana. Of those, ap
proximately 8 million
were women of child-.
bearing age — 1.6
million females aged
12-17; 4.2 million
females aged 18-25; and
2.2 million females, 26
and over.
1 Dr. Ahluwalia notes
that he cannot predict
how much marijuana
consumption during
pregnancy causes infer
tility in male offspring.
STOMACH UPSET
By Allen R. Magie
Ph.D.,M.P.H.
Nausea, vomiting,
diarrhea, and stomach
cramps are the telltale
symptoms. But what is
it? “Stomach flu.” “I
ate too much.” “The
food didn’t mix well.”
At least those are some
of the guesses. Most like
ly, none of these is the
real reason for the pro
blem. That’s because the
cause of these symptoms
is often misdiagnosed,
even by physicians.
Most likely the real
culprit is food-borne
disease, which may af
fect up to one in every
two people every year in
the United States. For
tunately, most of these
individuals experience
only minor discomfort
— diarrhea, slight cram
ping, or a queasy feeling
in the stomach.
While chemicals in
food — added accidently
or intentionally — may
cause illness, the most
common agents of food-
borne disease are micro
organisms, usually
bacteria. Once consum
ed, these organisms
multiply in a person’s
digestive tract and cause
illness either by invading
the tissue or by produc
ing poisons. The typical
symptoms result.
Sometimes, such as with
botulism or Staphylococ
cal toxins, the organism
itself doesn’t even have
to be present to result in
illness and death.
But man has an advan
tage over these
organisms; they are all
heat sensitive and can be
controlled or eliminated
by adequate cooking and
refrigeration. But there
are some limitations. For
instance, some toxins are
heat stable. No amount
of reheating or boiling of
a tainted food will
destroy the poison once
the organism which pro
duces it is allowed to
multiply. The organism
itself may be dead, but
its products are present.
This often occurs when
Staphylococcus aureus
from an infected cut,
boil, or cough droplet
contaminates cooked
food.
, Food which
;t)roperly cookei
at room temper
a few hours caui
ly multiplying b
produce a heat
toxin. This is
the most comm
of food-borne
Fortunately, it
fatal.
• At the oppos!
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botulism. The
which produce
prefer cannei
which are ir
processed and:
the absence ol
organism pro
deadly toxin.
thi$^ poison
destroyed by b
food for at
minutes.
The easiest
vent food-born]
to control
temperature
Don’t hold fooi
temperatures
(4“C.) and 140“
for extended \
time. “Keep
keep food cok
keep it” is a si
can live with
avoid stomach
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Howard McAllister
Continued from Page 1
fectively with students and
-workers.
Classroom discipline is another
problem McAllister sees, and he
believes that teachers must clearly
explain what they expect of their
students and then enforce that.
And though his views are neither
radical nor exactly status quo,
McAllister knows whereof he
speaks.
He has seen the Durham City
^Schools, its problems and its pro
gress,'from bottom to top.
A Durham native, McAllister
graduated from Fayetteville State
University and taught one year at
Henderson Institute in Vance Coun
ty before returning home. He got a
job at Whined Junior High School
in 1950, teaching science and math.
He was also dean of boys at Whit-
ted and assistant principal before
becoming principal in 1964.
McAllister held the principal’s
post until 1975 when he moved to
the city schools’ administrative of
fice as Director df Pupil Personnel
Services. In this position, McAllister
designed the system’s first personnel
department.
Over the years, McAllister’s
^duties and titles have changed. In
1975, he was in charge of city school
employees who dealt directly with
students. In 1977, he was named
director of personnel, taking full
charge of city schools employees.
Recently, he was appointed to his
new post — Assistant Superinten
dent for Personnel.
In the new post, NjicAllister is not
only chief personnel^ officer for the
city’s ' 1100 to / 1200 school
employees, but he i$ also second-im
command to school superintendent
Dr. Cleveland Hammonds.
So’both McAllister’s longi
and his broad experience give
unique view of the city school
colleagues also say he is un
qualified to help the system mi
challenge he sees.
Dr. Hammonds, for exa
says: “McAllister is a very ew
person with the energy to ke
with the job and the detail
makes it his business to
everyone he is working with,’
According to Mrs. Josephin
ment, city schools board chai
McAllister is “a tower of sin
according to teachers in thes)
As a .principal, he was consi
knowledgeable and support!
person who could work with p
He works very well with Dr.
monds,” Mrs. Clement cont
“I think he is a good person I
plement the ideas Dr. Hamr
has brought with him.”
Looking back over his long'
with the city schools, McA
considers his 11 years as princi
Whitted as the highlight c
career.
He said the parents and the
munity were very supportive
Whitted attendance area. In
tion, the teachers were
iqualified and effective.
Whitted was closed several
ago, and the building now li
offices for Ope:
Breakthrough, a community!
agency.
When he’s not in his office,
Me” as he’s affectionately (
likes to fish, hunt and go bo
His wife, Ruby, teaches
Morehead Elementary School,
have two sons, Howard, Jr-
Derek.
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