Portland observer., February 04, 1971, Image 2

PORTLAND/OBSERVER Feb. 4, 1971
P o lic e la x
o n d ru g
s a n c tio n s
One of the llttle-thought-of
f a c t o r s concerning the deadly
drug tra ffic facing us Is the
ease with which a man who has
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Yet, those people In law en­
ALFRED LEE H ENDERSON, Publisher and Editor
forcement are constantly giving
one excuse o r another to r not
being able to put a stop to illic it
traffickin g in drugs.
It seems strange that while
One of the most quiet and best
In this present society, there the police department and fed­
kept secrets of the day is the are fa cilitie s to deal with nearly
eral narcotics people are con­
steady rise of venereal disease every m ajor disease known to
stantly on the alert fo r drug
among the young people of the man and social hygiene certain­
tra ffic they can make only a few
nation.
ly deals with venereal disease significant arre sts, while the
In years gone by, this dreaded in a most perfunctory manner.
dealers are steadily dispensing
social disease was thought of
The public clinics set up to
th e ir dealy poisons to whom­
much in the same vein as drug deal with this and other social
ever has the funds to buy.
addiction, w illfu l abortion, and a diseases guarantee the cloak of
Contrary to the views of many
host of other taboos of the day.
privacy. If the directions given o f the so-called middle-class
But much of the stigma has by the attending physician are black people who would like to
been removed o r at least sever­ followed e xp licitly, then the pretend that drugs do not exist
al meaningful attempts to re ­ person who has contracted the in the ghetto, dope is not new
move the stigma have been disease can be properly treated to the iilg ck community. It has
made. And now it would appear and the disease dealt with in a been here since those people,
that there are some circle s proper manner.
who found it lu c ra tiv e to sell
where the seriousness of the
But venereal diseases, fo r the dreams in a capsule to poor,
m atter may be discussed with most part, are contagious and downtrodden people who had
some degree of success.
may be passed on from one per­
notiiing else to turn to, saw how
son to the next. The Public lucrative the market really was.
Venereal disease is a social
disease much like tuberculosis, health authorities must take
It was only when drugs began
o r measles o r even chicken pox. every precaution to make sure to slip through th e ir carefully
And, like all those diseases, it that others are not infected with established cordon in to their
ca n have disastrous effects the disease.
lily-w h ite community that they
unless it is caught and treated
Therefore, they seek to enlist began to be alarmed.
in tim e.
the help of the Infected party to
Surely the powers that be are
Old wives' tales have been the make sure that the diseases are so dumb and ill-in fo rm e d that
cause o f many young men and not passed to an unsuspecting they don't know where to look.
women being physically im ­ person o r persons. Don’t let VD
This means.that It must be
paired fo r the rest of th e ir go unchecked. If you suspect 'something else. It means that
lives. Failure to go into a public that you may be a victim , see perhaps the minions of the law,
c lin ic because of shame o r fear your local social hygience’ clin­
who w ill not hesitate to storm
of exposure has been one of ic .
the ghetto on the slightest prov­
other m ajor reasons that VD
The health you save may be ocation, are not looking In the
has gone unchecked.
your own.
proper places fo r the dope deal­
ers and death peddlers.
The real question here Is
WHY? How many people are
arrested who deal in dope? Is
This is the firs t in a series During the Planning Year tor
there
some reason that these
of stories which The Portland Model C ities, citizens p a rtic i­
merchants in degeneracy should
Observer hopes w ill inform its pated in this working committee
be Immune to arrest? W ill it be
readers about Portland Model to set the five year objectives
n e c e s s a r y fo r some child o r
C ities.
and strategies fo r the program.
some highly-placed o fficia l to
The o verall Model C ities goal
die from an overdose before we
is to improve the quality of life
The five objectives are to
start war on stamping out the
in the Model Neighborhood. Be­ provide and maintain a supply of
drug tra ffic ? Should we Increase
cause Model C ities is a short decent housing to meet the
our police force?
term (5 year program), the p r i­ needs of residents in the Model
Almost any school-age child
mary objective of the Physical C ities area; to assure that race
can
make a connection fo r dope.
Program aspect is im portant. is not a b a rrie r to freedom of
Surely
the police department
The Physical Program had to choice in the selection of hous­
can do as well.
develop a five year plan to de­ ing anywhere in the city and to
Everybody knows that the
c id e which physical problems increase home ownership in the
dope
problem exists and every­
were the most serious, and how Model C ities area.
body
knows that hundreds of
the Program should use its re­
"None of these objectives can
c
h
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l
d
r
e n are being addicted
sources to attack those prob­ be carried out unless citizens
daily.
Yet,
the dope dealers and
lems. "In other w ords," a participate in the p ro g ra m ," the
pushers are allowed to walk the
Model C ities spokesman said, agency
spokesman
said.
s t r e e t s dally with th e ir $300
"b y doing a five year plan, we "Peoples' interest and work is
suits and th e ir $100 shoes and
merely went through a process what keeps the program mov­
diamond
rings and whatever.
in
g
."
of determining how we w ill work
The price is too big to pay and,
on a problem. This process is
Next week The Portland Ob­
unless those people In authority
planning."
server w ill report on the Hous­
take some positive steps, the
The Model C ities planning ing Strategies of the Model
entire next generation w ill be so
process is based on the concept C ities Program . Subsequent a r­
polluted with drugs that perhaps
that citizens should be involved ticle s w ill deal with more
we should think of erasing the
in determining the m ajor issues specific ways which the Model
slate and starting all over again
that w ill shape th e ir neighbor­ C ities Program is serving the
-whatever that means.
hoods and affect th e ir live s. Model Neighborhood.
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