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March Against Racist Violence:
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Alberta Park on N.E. 19th and KSmgsworth and a rally wit! follow at King Par Speakers are Rev
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Africa movement union organizer For information, call 281 5963
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Volume XV, Number 23
April 3, 1985
25C Copy
Two Sections
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Freebasing:
Chasing the genie
h i la m ia D uke
O R A S S R O O T N E W S , N .W .
A
new g ro u p o f substance abusers is en
trenched and grow ing in Portland. It's
culled ' freebasing "
Freebasing is the sm oking o f cocaine,
a fad ttsliered in by trrehase kits and the
increasing availability o f cocaine due to
reduces) prices Freebasing, highlighted
by C ix ix x lia n K k lia n l l* rv ix 's I'Wtt
acckinit, is slowly consum ing users
drawn to the freehase pipe by the illusion
Il's unbelievably pow erful and in con
tr o l," M arkegard noted
Once sprung (a state o f eum pulsnxi),
h a scr w ill continue treebasrng (sm oking)
cocaine u n til their supply i x mtxies is
exhausted They w ill go on "h in g e s "
wtierv hundreds o f dollars and grams o f
o f f a, a m in u te 's n o tic e ," said a f o r
m er user.
" T h e r e ’ s an in a b ility to d is tin g u is h
re a lity fro m n o n -re a lity . T h u s , they,
(Ireebasers) see shadow s, hear voices
and feel cocaine bugs. I'v e seen tw o
cocaine go up in smoke. B a se r call
this stage "cliasm g tiie genie.”
w o m e n w ith skin ulcers o n lo p o f
o th e t s kin ulcers because they p icked
at th e ir a rm s at w hat they th o u g h t
" I f you have no direction in your
life and arc experim enting w ith free
were b u g s ," M a rk e g a rd added
T o feed th e ir craving fo r freehase,
hase, it w ill ta ke c o n t r o l, " rem inisced
basers are « e a tin g an u n d e rg ro u n d
a n o th e r lo rm e r user.
"U a se ts get in to a cycle th a i p e r
petuates use. T he y c a n 't s to p using
c rim e w ave to finance th e ir c o m p u l
because i f they d o they b o tto m o u t , ”
sion, said, " T h e r e are a s ig n ific a n t
insolvent in street cocaine that removes
adulterates and im parities, p u rifie d c o
caine crystals are smoked in a com m on
M a rk e g a rd e xp la in e d, " a n d th a t de-
ptession is ten tim es as b ad as th e ir
n u m b e r o l people c o m m ittin g crim es
(b u rg la ry , fra u d and th e ft) fo r co
o rig in a l
caine. A ls o , people are d is trib u tin g
cocaine to b u y stolen p ro p e rty .”
waier pipe
W ithin seconds the user expenerxes a
A t this p o in t in th e ir abuse, basers
become p sych o tic w ith p a ra n o id de
su|vrhigh " I t 's like ru s h ," described
one lorm er baser. “ A mental ecstacy.
lusions and h a llu c in a ti. is . " I n be
tween binges, I w o u ld keep m y guns
able m a rke t fo r cocaine. “ I'v e seen
freebasing cross a ll s o cio -e co n o m ic
g ro u p s ."
where I Id t confident and ut control.
A ll my proWenw d id n 't vanish. They
jusl were ncx im p o rta n t."
cocked and ready in m y ro o m . I was
« in s ta n tly at the w in d o w , ready to go
Next wtsrL. The baser and the base
houses.
o f an ultim ate high. But reality fades as
their (obs, incom e and I .urn lies go up
in
sum ike.
Through a process o f dissolving an
depression,
w h ic h
caused
them to get h ig h in the firs t p la c e .”
sion. Sergeant F d w a rd M a y o f the
P o lice B u re a u 's D ru g and Vice D iv i
M a y added that P o rtla n d has a v i
M tir ie Dawn M arkeg.ud, a psychiu-
thc nurse f ix Cum prehcruive O p d ixis
f ix Ik u g Abusers, Inc. ( t O D A ) , added,
"W h e n clients describe their relation
ship w ith cocaine. H's like being in love.
Nixhm g else tops i t . "
Brent B urton, acting d irc c tix o f Orc-
Shaina P o m eran tz fro m S a c ra m e n to . C alifornia,
w a s in Po rtlan d visiting her g ran d parents, M r and
M rs. M a x e y , during spring break. O na of the goats
on display at Lloyd C anter gets a friendly rub
(Photo: Richard J B row n )
gixi Pixson Control and Drug in fix -
maiKxi Center, said the characteristic
physical and m ental effects o f freebasing
are s im ila r to in je c tin g cocaine in tr a
venously.
"T h e drug achieves a peak level in
China weathers changes
the bloodstream very rapidly. Cocaine
passes in to the brain tissue and causes
vtimulatMxi o f the brain, p rixlu cin g
b y R o b e rt L o th ia n
lo w level c a p ita lis m , but w ith in re
cuphixia effe cts," B u rtix i said
Im m ense changes arc h a p pe n in g in
the w o r ld 's m ost p o p u lo u s c o u n try ,
stric tio n s . T h e basic e co n o m ic stru c
a c c o rd in g to a C h in a expert speaking
in P o rtla n d recently.
A fte r 4 ,0 0 0 years o f c iv iliz a tio n ,
said R o b e rt O x n a m , president o f (he
A s ia S ociety and fo u n d e r o f the N a
tio n a l C h in a C o u n c il, C h in a is lo o k
ing to w a rd the west.
C h in a needs western te ch n o lo g y to
keep u p its ra p id pace o f d e ve lo p
m e n t, said O x n a m .
But western businessm en lic k in g
th e ir ch o p s at th e prospect o f a huge
new m a rk e t are w ro n g i f they th in k
C h in a is b e co m in g c a p ita lis t, he said.
"T h o s e w h o th in k C h in a is o n the
verge o f c o n v e rs io n to the new re
lig io n o f c a p ita lis m v ill be d is a p p o in t
ed, I'm a fra id ," said O xnam . “ N othing
o f th e so rt is h a p p e n in g ."
Since M a o 's d e a th , a c c o rd in g to
O x n a m , C h in a re fo rm e d its e co n o m y.
Som e re fo rm s encourage a fo rm o f
tures — fa c to rie s ,
a m o u n ts o f la n d
state o w n e rs h ip , he
T h e huge fa rm
u tilitie s , and vast
— re m a in under
said.
co m m u n e s have
n o m ic policies, w h ich m eans that a
revo lt against the Chinese fo rm o f
c o m m u n is m is u n lik e ly , said O xn a m
“ I th in k it is g o in g to c o n tin u e be
cause it is rea lly w o r k in g . " he said.
cisio n m a k in g a b o u t w h a t to g ro w
a nd how to sell it, he said.
O ne reason the changes are success
fu l is because they recognize p rim a ry
Chinese in s titu tio n s lik e the fa m ily ,
a cco rd in g to O xn a m .
" T h e fa m ily rem ains th ro u g h o u t
S o m e thing s im ila r is happening in
fa cto rie s, said O x n a m M an a g e r now
decades o f re v o lu tio n a ry change, the
fu n d a m e n ta l u n it o f Chinese society."
m ake p ro d u c tio n decisions based on
By reco g n izin g the fa m ily econom ic
u n it, planners are o n ly reco g n izin g a
becom e to w n g o ve rn m e nts, said O x
n a m . F am ilie s have taken o ve r de
m a rke t c o n d itio n s , he said, and fa c
to ry co m m itte e s decide o n the very
best w ay Io reinvest p ro fits . P ro fits
a lw a ys revert to the state, how ever,
said O xn a m .
in
R e fo rm has b ro u g h im p ro ve m e n t
liv in g c o n d itio n s . T h e feeling
am ong
m any
C hinese,
he said,
is
w a n tin g " t o cash in o n 30 years o f
r e v o lu tio n " a fte r trem e n d ou s aus
terity.
M o st Chinese lik e
the new
eco
fact o f life , he said.
T he Chinese re v o lu tio n
has also
had to co n te n d w ith the Chinese
in w a rd -lo o k in g view o f C h in a as the
center o f the w o rld Thousands o f
years o f rule by an e lite M a n d a rin
class,
passive
obedience
to
Ibis intense cocaine in to xica tkxi is
extremely short lived In 15 m inulcs ix
less, the euphoria is replaced by anxiety,
depression, im la b ililv and a severe co m
pulsion f ix arxxher " h it ” In the ver
lukular o f the drug culture a freebaser
is "s p ru n g " when this com pulsion takes
over. U n til he i x she can shake o f f this
craving, obtaining cocaine to Itechasc
heerxnes life ’» o n ly goal
"I d o n 't kn o w o f any ixh e r drug
where the ctxnpulsuxi is so great Using
it ixie m ore tim e is to o m any and a
m illion times is never e n o ug h ," M arke-
gard added
This ctxnpulsuxi caused her to ques
tx x i whether cocaine is exclusively men
tally a ddxtivc. " I canrxx say physical
those
addiction does not occur. People who
higher on the s ix ia l scale, and C o n fu
arc freebasing arc getting cocaine in its
purest fo rm Baser, cannot put the pipe
down. I f they take one hit, they’ re gone.
cia n ism , he said.
C h in a ’ s co m p le x blend o f o ld and
new c o n fro n ts the peasantry w ith
A fraabasar prepares s tree t co caine fo r s m o k in g In bis w atarp ip a
(Photo: J im m ie Rush)
strange new experiences a nd choices.
Acceptance o f western te ch n o lo g y
skip p in g the va cu u m tu b e and go in g
Experts debate covert CIA actions
straig h t to the silico n c h ip ,” he said.
b y Robert L o th ia n
uted to the defeat o f a n a tio n a l lib e r
Nasty covert actions arc necessary lo
save democracy, according to lack
Stephenson, a form er C IA o ffic ia l from
a tio n struggle there and the assassina
lio n o f A fr ic a n n a tio n a lis t leader P a
trice L a m u m b a , said S c h lo m in g .
St. Helens, O regtxi.
But what the C IA is doing in Nica
Z aire was established in the ( ixigo’s
place N o w M o b u tu , Z a ire ’s a u th o ri
ragua and a host o f ikher countries
around the w o rld is a fo rm o f "stale-
sponsored te rro ris m " said P.S.U. p o liti
ta ria n pre sid e n t, is “ s ta rv in g h a lf
the c o u n try 's p e o p le ,” a c c o rd in g lo
S ch lo m in g .
cal science p ro fe s s « G o n k x i Schkxning
In A n g o la , he said, 100,000 lives
have been lost in the struggle b y C IA -
means th a t Chinese are " s k ip p in g the
ra d io a nd g o in g stra ig h t to c o lo r T V ,
W o m e n have fo rm a l e q u a lity but
in e q u a lity co n tin u e s, he said. In m ee t
ings he attended in C h in a , said O x
nam . w hen som eone had to go get
m o re tea it was u su a lly a w o m a n
even i f she o u tra n k e d m en present.
T here have been cases o f fem ale
babies
being
k ille d
again,
as they
were in tim es o f fa m in e , he said. I f
Chinese peasants can have o n ly one
c h ild , " t h e ir a ttitu d e is th a t it had
better be a b o y , " he said.
O x n a m said th a t A m e rica n s can
expect to see m o re Chinese students
co m in g to the States to learn western
te ch no lo g y H e said th a t Chinese o f f i
During s aala at tha Nika outlet store in Union Square, line* of people
waited outside for a chance to get in and taka advantage of soma of
the store's very low prices. The sale is expected to go on until April 20.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
cials a d m itte d to h im that even though
30 to 40 percent o f th e students w o n ’ t
re tu rn to C h in a , it's a risk th e y have
to take.
Stephenson and Schkxning squared
o f f at a W o r ld A ffa ir s C o u n c il-
rig h tis ts to defeat
the
In V ie t N a m . fo r exam ple, he said,
the n a tio n a l lib e ra tio n m ove m e n t led
by H o C h i M in h w o n a n yw a y a fte r
ne a rly 20 years o f co ve rt a ctio n s and
a ll-o u t w a r, b illio n s o f d o lla rs wasted
and o ve r a m illio n lives lo s t.
" Y o u ca n n o t create a genuine na
tio n a lis m as an o u tsid e p o w e r ," be
said. " H o C h i M in h was destined to
An-
sponsored debate on the ethics o f U.S.
g o lia n re v o lu tio n .
rule "
S c h lo m in g said th a t on several o c
secret in v o lv e m e n t in to p p lin g g o v
e rn m e n ts, rig g in g elections and oth er
G u a te m a la , Ira n and C h ile have
had p o p u la rly -e le c te d g o ve rn m e nts
casions th e C I A m isled the A m e ric a n
u n d erco ve r o p e ra tio n s.
S c h lo m in g cited a n u m b e r o f cases
where, in his o p in io n , C I A activities
to p p le d as a result o f C I A
c u rity H e c ite d tw o false stones plant
ed in the press b y the C IA : the one
went astray.
C o v e rt o p e ra tio n s in w hat was
once the C o n g o in the 1960s c o n trib
backed
" t h e same result to o k place as i f we
had n o t d o n e a t h in g ."
covert
actio n s, said S ch lo m in g . M e x ic o ,
In d on e sia , P a k is ta n , T he P h ilip p in e s
and Australia have also been vxrimizBd
by th e C I A , he said.
In
some
cases,
said
S c h lo m in g ,
p u b lic in the interest o f n a tio n a l se
a b o u t L ib y a n h it squads beaded t o
w a rd th e U .S . a n d a n o th e r about
massacres in A n g o la c a rrie d o u t by
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