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Volume 1 * l Nuinhei >
Parent anti-drug group gathers at Mac Court
hs Vf.irlm I hirl
()nl\ 2.000 ot .in expected 10.000 people shout'd up lor I'uesda\ \ Parents Kallx lgainst Sub
stitute Abuse, but organizers are still t ailing the event a sut t ess
Frohnmayer speaks at rally
K\ Rosomary V\ bite
I met .ilil ( (inlriliutui
Mi Ailinn ('milt v\as tin'
si I'm- Tuesday night Ini tin
I’.innits K.ilK \gauist Suli
slant i' Abuse. with many * nil
i erned people limn tin1 i nm
munilv attending ami demon
strafing thru su|>|imt tnr I hi*
Campaign to inaki* a stand in
I ane ( anility
Only about TOOtl ut the oa
pet tril It).(Mil) people a 111 • I li li •( I
tin1 rally hut organizers sanl
they wen* still happy that many
families anil Im nl-iirguni/.alinns
hail i nmr In pledge their sup
port
The si ale ul the problem in
Oregon v%as aililresseil by the
lust speaker slate attorney gen
eral I lave ITobiunavn u ho
gave statistics to pistilv his dr
si upturn ut the problem as an
epidemic
I riihnmayer toll! the amli
fill e that (tregim is one of the
top ill ug proihli mg stales in
Ameni a. y\ 1111 one out ol evei y
live i rai k making laboratories
in the i oiinlry loi aleil lien- ( )i
egon currently proihli rs SMH)
iniiJiiiii worth of marijuana a
\ car m.ikinn It a lar go i ash
( mp industry
Tilt' problem is ospoi lallv so
rious in tho Cortland area
whirlr has had tho highest pei
i apita horom doath into in I ho
I'nitoil States loi tho past two
roars
Those statist!! s ( orrespoiid
with i rimi* figures, w ilh 7 7 per
lent ol ( tiuiiii.il-> ill (begun
testing positive lul dings the
gun also hail tin- third highest
niimhei ul hank robberies in
Amorii a in t'littt
rile rally aimed at helping
parents i ope w lift the battle
they f.it e in Ininging up their
i hililren without them beeoni
mg inv olved in drugs
Speakers ranging hum Doug
I Ian inroad bane ( miniv dis
ti n I attorney to Paul I’.iln/zoln
hum the Student \ssist.ini e
Crugrani at Sheldon I ligli
Si hoot ollered guidelines on
how tu detei t symptoms ul
drug abuse In be aware of the
eltoi t ul galeway drugs sin Ii
as a Ii uliul a nil tubai i 11 and In
understand tli.it the solution
depends ns iiiiii h on parents el
finis as on law enlori emenl
CAHOOTS to deal with
problems on the streets
By Sam Silverstein
Emerald C ontributor
\\ lien there is Iniubli' on the streets nl Kugene the polii e
may not. m some cases. he the most appropriate people to
. all
Since early |ulv. .1 transport van stalled with trained
medii .11 and mental health tel linn ianx has been sent instead
ol Kugene police or anihulance crews to the scene ol pro!)
lem.s involving seriously intoxicated, disoriented, confused
or despondent people
I he Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets (( A
HOO TS) program was put on the road to help the 1 itys pub
lii safety system handle “issues lh.it aren't criminal, said
Moh Drit/ coordinator of the U lute Bird human serve es 1 en
ter. from whii h the van operates
“ft is a first response rather than the polii e.” lint/ said
Instead ol sending Kugene polii e officers into situations
for whii h they are not always trained or comfort a hie to hail
die. lie explained, the CAHOOTS van is dispatched The van
operates 'Tuesday through Saturday evenings, trom I until
midnight, and is equipped with seats and some medical
equipment
It has been most often 1 ailed upon by the polii e to trails
port inloxii ated or disruptive people to the appropriate pi.11 e
detuxifii ation < enters, shelters or homes
The idea is based loosely on a similar program in Port
land
"(In 1‘IHti). White Bird proposed the idea that the i lass 1
cal puhlii safety system police, lire and amhul.mie
could use some enhancement. Drit/ said A more effei live
response 1 mild come from the human servii es system
After a delay of almost three years, the van was pur
1 based this spring and lot the streets in July lor a four-month
trial At the end of October, the program s initial funding
will run dr\ and a der ision v\ ill he made at cording to Drit/
w hether to 1 ontinue with some 1 hanges. or stop
“It's been an interesting trial period." he said I think,
it has been successful in a lot of ways, and smooth in terms
of the nuts and frolts
Turn to CAHOOTS, Page 11
Changes sought for the homeless
Mentdl illness, hunger
two of nidny problems
By Janis Joseph
Emerald Reporter
fyery day students walking down I itti
\venue .ire i oiifronled by the problem of
homelessness
Leery day students see people asking tin
sometimes demanding money And every
day many students ignore the problem, ney
er looking beyond (lie people to find its
i au.se ot its solution
Homelessness has been a problem In Ku
gene for years In many cases, however, lie
mg homeless is only part of the problem
lor some, homelessness is combined yyilli
mental illness
"A strong Id to 1 ri percent of tIn* home
less are mentally ill." said Kruie I'ngei di
rei lor of the Kugene Mission an emergent y
homeless tor the homeless
file first week in October lias been desig
Dated Mental Awareness Week according to
the state Mental Health Division file theme
is "A Time for (Tange
(Tange is what the luK'l Oregon l.egisla
lure tried to firing about I he Legislature ap
proved an increase in funding for a variety
of programs dealing yvilli the care of the
mentally ill. said Peggy Sand, publii rela
lions direr lor for the Mental Health Division
in Salem
Oregon's mental hospitals are severely
oven royvded, and more than half of the
i [ironically mentally ill in our state remain
unserved." said Ku hard Lippincoll. admin
istrator lor the Mental Health and Develop
mental Disability Serve es Division
Dammasch State Hospital in Wilsonville
lost Medicaid funding because it could not
meet the federal requirements for the pro
Turn to Homeless, Page 11
Photo bv Slf»f ( art 1
The myriad of problems laced by the homeless will
compound as winter approaches.