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by Qwen Dixon
Staff Reporter
.: pie Council on Drug Abuse
(CODA) is extending its
program beginning July 7 to
include evening hours on
Monday, Wednesday, and
Thursday. The program will
be open at night "to make its
services available to people
who work during the day/'
I Departments
I Merge At
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All Health Department
I clinics and Family Health
Center clinics will be merged
July 7 at the Reynolds
Memorial Health Center. This
action follows the takeover of
operations at Reynolds by
Forsyth County.
Clinics including pediatric,
obstetrics, gynecology and
medicine will be open Monday
through Friday from 8:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m. by appointment.
Other services that will
continue to be provided at
Reynolds include the WIC
(Women, Infants and Children)
Program, Sickle Cell
Screening Program, and
Family Planning.
The only services remaining
temporarily at the Health
^ Department on Ridge Avenue
will be blood testing and small
X-rays.
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CODA's Director, Reuben
Gilliams, has also started an
interaction program with
third year interns at Baptist
hospital. Gilliams and Dick
Godfrey who is a psychiatric
social worker say that there is
a need for the interaction
between drug client and
medical students. Godfrey
who is a t psychiatric
instructor said "third year
medical students are on
rotation from psychiatry and 1
wanted them to get together
with drug clients and learn
street language, and have
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personal contact.
He further remarked that
most of the student's learning
is so processed that they do
not get the human contact that
is needed.
Gilliam says he has received
complaints concerning the
treatment drug addicts get
when they are brought into
emergency rooms. Therefore,
he feels such interaction with
doctors will help them to
better treat a drug addict
going through withdrawal
symptoms or an overdose.
The session was quite
revealing because drug clients
from the center said a drug
oatient poinp throuph with
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drawal would prefer to be in a
quiet room, with the doctor
holding his hand and
reassuring him (patient) that
he would be alright. In that
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by Gwen Dixon
Staff Reporter
According to FBI statistics
rapes have increased by 9%
nation-wide andi 12% in the
South. In the June 305tssue of
Time magazine, it stated that
in the last 14 years forcible
rape has increased by 143%.
Karen Welch, who is white,
is a rape victim and Shirley
Greenwood, who is black, is
also. Because of: theirexperiences
they have started
a group called "Women
Against Rape" (WAR) to aide
rape victims. They have begun
an answering service to take
calls 24-hours a day. There is
definitely a need for the
Service.
Sixteen rapes have been
committed through the month
of May, according to police
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Legislator Says
N. C. L
by Robert Eller
Staff Reporter
First of a three-part series
"Leadershin is the most
pressing problem in North
Carolina at this time." Those
are the words of Richard
Erwin, a member of the North
Carolina House of Representatives.
Erwin is the first black ever
elected to the General
Assembly from Forsyth County.
He talked about his first
year-and-a-half in the Assembly
in an interview this week
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Rep. Erwin said the General
Assembly was not very
different from what he had
anticipated. "When I got
there/' he said, "I found two
separate branches; the House
and the Senate, each acting
independently."
Erwin said that during his
term thus far some good laws
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contention thsjt rape is on the
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men commit rape because
they have been hurt, frustrated,
angry, or lost their jobs.
These factors, she said,
causes men to commit that
violent act.
"Rape is a violent act, not
an act of love," she stressed.
In a telephone conversation,
she said, "You have to
experience it to know what it's
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like.
It is generally felt that rape
victims suffer humiliation
from the police, the courts, the
doctor, friends, and family. In
the case of Shirley Greenwood,
her family turned away
because they were unable to
deal with the situation.
"You are alienated from
your family and friends
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have been passed and some
bad ones have not passed. He
was quick to point out,
however, that t4a law may be a
good one to me and not to
others."
He pointed out that the
structure of the General
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Assembly permits members
with seniority to have control.
"First termers and Republicans
are generally committee
members and not officers," he
added.
The black democrat said,
however, that this adds to the
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to say to you," Greenwood
said. .
"The two women?are
concerned for other unsuspecting
victims because they
have traveled that road. They
say a woman does not easily
get over such an experience.
"Many women call me just to
talk about the time they wet;e
raped," Greenwood said.
"Even though they may have
been raped five or six years
ago." The way a woman-acts
after the offense varies, both
women informed.
"Some go into shock
immediately, some are hy
diei ivcti anu iiicii mere > llic
period of denial that it has not
happened to me/' Greenwood
said. "And if the woman is
calm, police are quick to say
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assembly's effectiveness because
experience -is so
important.
The Forsyth County attorney
said he had no goals set
when he entered the General
Assembly. 44I only wanted to
be a good legislator, and in
order to do this one must
understand the legislative
process/' the Howard University
graduate stated.
Erwin said that he does
have goals now, however, 44as
you go along and see the
problems of the state you set
up goals."
The legislator said hr Vrw
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enjoyed his term in the house
thus far. "Nothing distasteful
has happened and everyone
has been very kind/' he
stated.
Erwin warns that the state
is at a crucial point now. "We
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tight for public programs,
while we have just come out of
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