2The Daily Tar HeelMonday, February 9. 1987
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By PAUL CORY
Staff Writer
The total number of deaths by
drug overdose in North Carolina
rose by 10 in 1986, but that is within
experimental limits and luck, said a
UNC professor of pathology and
pharmacy.
; If the trend continues for two or
more years, then it can be considered
Significant," said Dr. Arthur McBay,
also the state's chief toxicologist in
the office of the chief medical
examiner.
: The medical examiner's staff
examines about 20 percent of the
approximately 53,000 deaths that
occur yearly in North Carolina,
McBay said.
"We only have four people for
about 7,000 cases," he said. "We look
for drugs only if there is no other
obvious cause of death. If we had
more extensive testing, we would
probably find more (drug-induced
deaths)."
Last year, 46 people died from
overdoses of anti-depressant drugs,
according to figures published by the
office of the chief medical examiner.
Of those deaths, 31 are believed to
have been suicides.
However, McBay said using drugs
to commit suicide was not very
popular in North Carolina.
"We have very few suicides by
drugs, probably less than 100 a year,"
he said.
Most people who commit suicide
seem to prefer to use a gun, McBay
said, noting that in 1984, 608 people
Abnise-preveiitioiii program in the works
By MICHAEL JORDAN
Staff Writer
To prevent drug abuse within the
UNC system, Dr. Lloyd V. Hackley,
UNC-system vice president, said
Friday that he is drafting a new
program policy which would provide
prevention programs to students,
administrators and university
employees.
Late last year the U.S. Depart
ment of Education directed all
universities receiving federal funding
to set up such programs or face the
possibility of losing federal funds.
But that directive came after the
Investigation
Showed nothing, he said.
knew that the person making the
allegations was a potential drug
dealer and therefore not a credible
witness, the investigation was carried
forth.
"Anytime you hear any charge of
drugs there's an obligation to inves
tigate it," Massengale said. "But
you'd have to have more than one
person's testimony to be in a position
to charge or proceed."
Normally, whenever marijuana or
cocaine is taken in a drug bust, the
judge orders it to be destroyed,
Massengale said.
The correct procedure is for the
property officer to take it out and
burn it in front of a witness, but
Chapel Hill officers have been
deaths
committed suicide with firearms, and
573 did the same in 1985.
Cocaine deaths more than
doubled in 1986, rising from 11 in
1985 to 27 in 1986, the medical
examiner's figures showed.
The rise in the number of deaths
by cocaine overdose is probably due
to the increased popularity and
availability of cocaine, McBay said.
Overall, he said, alcohol kills more
people yearly than any other drug.
In an article submitted to the Journal
of Forensic Sciences, McBay and Dr.
Page Hudson, chief medical exa
miner and UNC professor of pathol
ogy, said, "alcohol has a greater
adverse affect on health, safety and
performance than all of the other
drugs."
There are 80 to 100 deaths from
alcohol overdoses each year, McBay
said, and last year there were another
3,000 alcohol-related deaths.
Charles Dunn, deputy director of
the State Bureau of Investigation,
said there is an oversupply of cocaine
in North Carolina, including the
derivative known as "crack."
"Cocaine prices have dropped
precipitously" he said.
Dunn said there has been a 44
percent increase in the number of
cocaine cases sent to the SBI labs.
Dunn also said crack has begun
to catch on.
"We had our first crack case late
last year," he said.
But by the end of the year, the
SBI dealt with 74 cases involving
crack, Dunn said.
system had already begun work on
the program, UNC-system President
CD. Spangler said.
Hackley, vice president of student
services and special programs, said
the system "had already surveyed
other institutions up and down the
East Coast" before the directive was
issued, in order to research the drug
prevention programs of other col
leges and systems.
The policy is still in outline form,
and both men said they could not
anticipate what the final result would
look like.
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the post office on Franklin Street,
Fox stressed the need for the police
department to tighten up its proce
dure for destroying drug evidence,
Massengale said.
But when contacted Sunday,
interim Police Chief Arnold Gold
said the destruction system was a
good one and had been in effect for
quite a while.
"The only thing we need to do is
use a little scrutiny," Gold said. "We
need to go back and look at it closer."
Massengale said the investigation
did not take long compared to some
others.
"The SBI is very busy. Sometimes
it takes four, five, six weeks to get
an investigation return processed
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"The Board (of Governors) was
concerned that we have some con
sistency at the bottom line," Hackley
said. "The Board is going to set some
minimum guidelines."
All of the schools in the UNC
system have some sort of drug
prevention policy, but the many in
the administration feel that too many
gray areas are left under the current
policies, Hackley said.
No decisions have been made yet
about specific punishments for
violations of drug policies, but
Hackley said he hopes to establish
a graduated system so that different
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of Fox and former Police Chief
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have to give your name."
Secondly, Comar urges students
not to carry money into the gym.
"Leave your valuables at home,"
Comar said. "Starve the thieves out
of their $20 fix. Don't provide them
with anything and maybe they'll go
someplace else ..."
Comar said the thefts show no
pattern. "Mornings and evenings,
when people are in class, even during
class changes; that's when the thefts
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degrees of offenses will have different
punishments.
He said, "There's nothing in there
(the outline) about mandatory drug
testing."
Hackley said no school in the
UNC system would face cuts in
funding as a result of the federal
directive.
The proposal, in outline form, will
be presented to the 16 UNC system
chancellors this month for their
reactions. Spangler said he hoped to
present a finalized version to the
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have occurred," he said.
Comar said that catching these
thieves and actually convicting them
of the crime has been difficult for
University Police. "Unfortunately,
the law doesn't give us a good tool
with dealing with this type of theft,"
he said.
"The gym is public property and
a person has to be disruptive or in
an unauthorized area for us to have
reason to suspect him or her of any
wrong-doing. Too many of them get
away," Comar said.
Comar expressed confidence that
if students help with the problem it
can be stopped. "Put the word out
that we're alert, the students and the
police," Comar said. "We have the
authority, but the students have the
eyes."
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Weinberger, Schultz take
stands favoring 'Star Wars'
Prom Associated Press reports
WASHINGTON Defense
Secretary Caspar Weinberger on
Sunday continued to press for
phased deployment of the "Star
Wars" anti-missile shield starting
as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State
George P. Shultz defended a
broad interpretation of the 1972
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with
the Soviet Union as necessary
before further Star Wars testing,
which is needed for deployment,
can proceed.
Weinberger, in an interview
broadcast by the British Broad
casting Corp., said the United
States is not yet ready to make
a final decision, but he added that
GASH's lawsuit goes to
Virginia appellate court
By CHRIS CHAPMAN
Staff Writer
The Coalition for Alternatives to
Shearon Harris took their fight
against Carolina Power and Light
Co. to the Fourth Federal District
Court of Appeals in Richmond
Thursday morning.
CASH filed an emergency motion
to stay the full-power license of
Shearon Harris nuclear plant outside
of Raleigh, granted by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission to CP&L
last year. The full-power license
allows CP&L to gradually bring the
Shearon Harris facilty to maximum
output, said John Conway, account
ing manager at the plant.
Conway said the plant is operating
at 10 percent of capacity. When
Shearon Harris is fully on-line,
nuclear plants will provide 40 per
cent to 50 percent of CP&L's power,
he said. CP&L also operates the
Brunswick plant in Southport, N.C.
and the Robinson plant in Hartsville,
South Carolina. .
Billy Cummings, a member of
CASH'S regional steering commit
tee, said CASH'S petition was based
on two issues.
CASH is protesting an exemption
that the NRC granted CP&L regard
ing emergency procedures, Cum
mings said. The company has not
conducted a full scale exercise of its
emergency response system since
May 1985, Cummings said. The
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players to give UNC a 67r65 le"ad,r.
but the sophomore guard fouled out
on UNC's next offensive possession.
Andrew Kennedy tipped a shot in
to tie, ani Reid hit two free throws
to give the Tar Heels a 69-67 lead
with 57 seconds left! Mel Kennedy
was fouled and scored on two free
throws to tie the game with 33
seconds left. Smith missed a double
pump jumper in the lane and Reid
a tough tip-in as time expired.
There was no more scoring until
the 2:27 mark in overtime, when
Williams made both free throws. Mel
Kennedy followed a missed shot to
tie the game again, and Reid then
hit his jumper in the paint and was
fouled.
It was the only UNC field goal
during OT as the Tar Heels missed
six of seven attempts. The freshman's
first free throw attempt bounded off
the rim, but the whistle had already
blown because Kennedy had fouled
out of the game and had not left
the court. Reid's second attempt
swished in to make the score 74-71.
John Johnson, who had 16 points
and withstood the UNC defensive
pressure well, popped a jumper from
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a phased deployment starting as
soon as possible. During congres
sional hearings last week, he said
the Pentagon was "close to being
able to recommend deployment
decisions to President Reagan."
Philippine truce ends
MANILA, Philippines - A
60-day truce with Communist
rebels formally expired Sunday
without hope of extension, and
the government said it would Step
up military patrols while pursuing
peace talks on a regional level.
NRC usually requires that these tests
be conducted within a year of the
granting of the full scale license.
CASH also alleged that the NRC
has yet to resolve issues concerning
the safety of Shearon Harris'
construction.
"The NRC has failed to follow up
on information in their hands about
construction defects and safety
defects," Cummings said. "This
information was given them by us
and by confidential informants."
At the hearing Thursday, Bob
Epting, counsel for CASH, pres
ented arguments and submitted
briefs.
A decision on the hearing is
expected soon, Cummings said.
Even if CASH loses this appeal,
Cummings said the organization will
continue its efforts to stop Shearon
Harris with a multi-faceted
approach.
"We have a lot planned as far as
the return of the legislature and to
reform the public utilities commis
sion," Cummings said.
He said the group also has other
appeals planned for the courts. The
nature of these appeals is not certain,
he said.
"This reflects the depths of oppo
sition and determination, to employ
all possible routes to stop what is
an accident waiting to happen," he
said.
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;the lane with 46 seconds left, setting
the stage for Hunter's errant toss and
Morgan's final miss.
"Obviously, we're disappointed
with the loss because when you do
have the basketball and a chance to
win the game you'd like to think that
you could go ahead and take advan
tage of that," Virginia coach Terry
Holland said, whose team dropped
to 14-7 and 4-5. All of Virginia's
losses have been to top 20 teams.
UNC began the game with two
quick three-pointers for a 6-0 lead, .
but never were able to mount any
type of run after that. UNC led only
35-34 at the half, and had committed
nine turnovers to Virginia's three.
"We were sluggish in the first
half," Reid said. "Maybe it was
because of the flu. Coach got on us
athalftime."
The Tar Heels jumped out to a
43-36 lead early in the second half,
but Holland called a timeout to settle
his team and they slowly fought their
way back. "I thought we gave
ourselves every opportunity to be in
the game and have a chance to win
it," Holland said.
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