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SECTION TWO
* Vol. 84—No. 18
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1971
TRANSYLVANIA'S
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
By - Dr. Joanna Byers
Consulting Psychologist
Forum On Drug Use & Abuse
HIDDEN PROBLEMS
Our considerations up to now have been
about young people and students. Let us look
at the problem of drug abuse in the adult
papulation.
For the adult, as the young person, the use
and abuse of drugs mairlv a result of the need
to solve some problem by use of chemical or
mechanical means.
The use of stimulants by adults is often a
hidden problem because v-e hav*» no wav to
determine how merv people use them. Seme
long-haul truck drivers, executives working
overtime, entertainers, mothers, shift workers
and others who need to stay awake and alert
past the usual work time, may use stimulants
(amphetamines, bennies, etc). AH too often
they are unable to get to sleep after using the
stimulant and then reouire another drug a
(barbitm-ete sleeoin* pill) to Dut them to
sleep. This kind of “«n a»«d down” schedule
becomes a habit. Although it may take a
Ion per time to becom® habituated to such a
routine, the danve*- of abuse is as great as
with the so called hard drugs.
The weight watchers who use ampheta
mines to help reduce mav fipd they are relying
on the drug to “get them moving”. Then gradu
ally thev need the pills to get up with. This is
one of the rather devious ways they switch from
counting calories and eating properly and be
ing concerned about over - eat’n<r to depend
ency upon the stimulants. Food addicts can easi
ly switch to drug addiction.
Another thin? to think about in the
abuse of stimulant* is that there are long last
ing effects even after the person stons using
the drug. The effects of abuse of stimulants
are: there may be unusual mood changes gen
erally described as moodv spell*. The person
may become very susnic'ous. There may be
trembling and sweating. Studies show that
some of these effects might be seen for as
long as six months to a year after the drug
is removed. i.
Another hidden drug "problem is that of
those people who drink alcoholic beverages
alone, or in private. Many women have become
addicted to alcohol because they drink alone,
at home, and nobodv but the immediate family
know that p’-fkW is present.
“kitchen alcoholic*” have increased the num
ber of alcoholic addicts all over the nation.
A third hidden probVm i« that cf those
r»nple who hav» used nain pills and. tranou
ilizers as a crutch to help them knir *>fter the
pain is gone or the stress requiring the tran
quilizer is removed.. '
In all these kinds of drug abuse is a com
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mon factor. This is that the reason for begin
ning use of the drug has been m attempt to
solve a problem. Over - long dependence on the
drug leads to continued efforts to escape the
problems of living. Thus a vicious circle is
started and soon the person is trapped in a
never ending routine. The problems, because
they are not solved, still are present and as time
goes on the problems become more severe,
more unsolvable and as new problems arise the
need for more drugs comes up and so the circle
continues. Adults, as well as young people,
are deceptive about their use of drugs, become
angry when they are questioned about it and
tend to minimize or make light of their habits.
Why do we think it necessary to talk about
these problems in a Mental Health column? Be
cause when people relv on something outside
themselves, to golve they' problems they cannot
feel satisfied with themselves. And being able
to live with vourself is one of the first rules of
mental health.
Look over your drug cabinet. How de
pendent are you on these chemical means to
get through the day? I et’s all look at our
selves. What do we see? Can we be proud
of our own habits? If net each one of us^ieeds
to strive harder in our fight for health.
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There will be a grand lodge
meeting at Kedron Lodge No.
387 in Hendersonville on May
6th at 3:30 p.m.
This announcement comes
from Thomas G. Case, District
Deputy Grand Master for the
60th Masonic district. Mr. Case
was recently appointed the new
district deputy grand master
succeeding W. Ansel Hart, who
held the office for the limit of
three consecutive terms.
Mr. Case urges all officers of
Dunn’s Rock lodge, the chair
man of the Educational com
mittee and councilmen to make
every effort to attend this im
portant meeting.
It takes about 200 varieties
of jobs to adequately staff a
large hospital. Not just doctors
and nurses. But professional
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tions, think of VARNER’S. ad».
Ora L. Jones .
Former Brevard Editor To
Publish Another New Bool
me lorraer owner ana eai
tor of The Sylvan Valley
News, a forerunner of the
Transylvania Times, is still
actively writing although in
his eighties. He has recently
signed a contract for publica
tion of a new book.
Ora L. Jones, Brevard news
paper editor and publisher in
the 1911 to 1917 years and
author of the “History of Tran
sylvania County” serialized in
this newspaper two years ago,
has signed a contract for publi
cation of a book entitled “A
Sixty Year Search For News.”
The publisher is the Harlo
Press of Detroit, Michigan. Pub
lication date has not yet been
announced
Mr. Jones is now a resident of
Jupiter, Florida.
The new book is a collection
of about five dozen stories
about unusual people and situ
ations the author met with
while in the news “game.”
Before his retirement a few
years ago, the author spent
60 years as a reporter or edi
tor of such papers as The
Asheville Citizen, The Phila
delphia Ledger, The Morning
New Bernian and The . Char
leston News and Courier, and
others. lie also served vary
ing periods as managing edi
ORA L. JONES
tor of The Asheville Times
and The Winston-Salem
Journal. For six years he
owned and published The
Sylvan Valley News at, Bre
vard. For seven years he was
manager of the New Orleans
Associated Press Bureau.
Since retirement he has writ
ten a number of book-lengti
manuscripts. The one now ir
publication will be the twelftl
to appear in book form. Amonj
those previously published ar<
“Peculiarities of the Appala
lachian Mountaineers,” a col
lection of folklore, good anc
Mike Jones Named
Clarion Editor 71-72
The 1971 - 72 editor of the
- Clarion has been named. Mike
Jones, of High Point, a fresh
man this year, has accepted
the position. Making the an
nouncement was outgoing edi
tor Mark Todd who is a sopho
more.
In making the announcement
Todd stated, “Mike has all the
tools to do a fine job next
year, and he certainly has the
ambition. I feel he will serve
the College well in 1971-72.”
Todd, who is from Clearwat
er, Florida, also served as as
sociate editor in the spring of
1970, as Jones did this year.
bad signs, superstitious beliefs
and ways to forecast and regu
late the weather; “There Was a
Captain and a Girl,” ninety per
cent of which is carefully re
searched Civil War History;
“Memories of a Reporter,” a
collection of newspaper experi
ences; “Visitors Guide to Inter
esting Florida Cities” and “How
the Baptists Got Their Doc
trines,” a doctrinal book writ
ten by an untrained layman.
In addition to writing the
book now in publication, Mr.
[ Jones in recent weeks has
written eighteen articles
about, little-known or forgot
ten historical incidents con
nected with the Civil War.
These articles are now being
published by The State Maga
zine of Raleigh.
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