Portland observer., December 11, 1985, Page 3, Image 3

December 11, 1985, Portland Observer, Page 3
Drug indictments
Information on AIDS update
h\ Robert I othian
tm d a cute, but sc» tar have been mi
successful "1 wish this was 199' m
stead ot 1 9 8 ',” he said.
Ahi .tins reported “ strange thin gs”
happening in the San I tancisco atea
surrounding the disease He said it is
virtua lly im possible fo r single men to
get in su ra n ce , lo r e xa m p le
He
c ritic iz e d plan s bs C o lo r a d o and
K a jn e e sh p u t ham to re g iste t A ID S
(salients
An A K ( p a tie n t nam ed Hob re
potted on tns success using high doses
ot vitam in (
ta k in g up to It) grams
o t tlie v ita m in pei d a s, lie said Ins
blosxl count lias returned to n o im a l
•AIDS ( Acquired Im m une Ik lie ie n
cs S y n d ro m e ) is ra v a g in g c e n tra l
A fric a n c o u n trie s and k illin g mane
A m erican hom osexuals I he disease
has esen a tta c k e d m o v ie stars, and
captured media attention, perhaps out
ol p ro p o rtio n to the problem
Hut w hat is (tie A lp s situ a tio n in
Portland ’
Hrossn M c D o n a ld , d ire c to r o f the
Cascade A ID S P r o je c t, said th a t
lo cally. A ID S is p n n,arils a gas male
disease, ssith an othe r sm all g ro u p o f
A ID S sictirns in c lu d in g in tra ve n o u s
drug users and prostitutes
I he national situation is a diffe re nt
store, however, he said In Ness Jer
ses, tor example, A) percent o l AIDS
patients are Hlack and heterosexual,
and a b o u t " percent o l A ID S pa
de nts in Ness A o i k ( its are H lack.
form ed recently
A c c o rd in g to M c D o n a ld , the
disease is not transm itted casually and
therefore is not eass to get He blames
the m ed ia t o r fo m e n tin g h y s te ria
about A ID S
" I he press has reals taken ad van­
tage o l this in w o rkin g people up, and
the go ve rn m e n t has sponsored it bs
not allow ing funds tor e d u ca tio n ," tie
said M c D o n a ld said a large p a it o l
" t h e A ID S c o n n e c tio n " c o u ld be
elim inated it i s drug users used clean
needles, which are readily as liable in
( fregon.
I he L ascade A ID S P rotect spoil
sored an A ID S I p d a te at G o o d
Sam aritan H ospital recently, bringing
together experts, health care providers
and mans gas males
A t tlie one das svn m p o siu m . D i
D o n a ld A b ra m s , fo rm e r d ire c to r ot
the AIDS harposis Sarcoma AAard at
San I ra n c is c o G e n e ra l H o s p ita l,
recited the theory generally held in the
m e d ica l c o m m u n ity th a t A ID S
originated in A fric a
A b ra m s said the green m o n k e y ,
w h ich is co m m o n in cen tra l A fric a ,
showed in recent tests that up to 41)
percent o l its p o p u la tio n mas carry
tlie A ID S v iru s I tie m o n k e y s are
com m on as pets and tiles roam (reels
through satds
A ID S "s o m e h o w got in to the
h u m an p o p u la t io n , " and was then
sptead bs very sexually active people,
eventually entering the I m ted States
in tlie late 70s, according to Abrams
He said th a t sexualls a ctive people
cam e d o w n w ith A ID S at fir s t
because o l th e ir h ig h e r ta le o l ex
povure
a llo w e d to plea b a rg a in H a ll said
there w ill he a m in im u m o l it'd a v s
ta il tim e fo r In s t o ffe n d e rs and
pem tentiaiy tune lo t others "P e o p le
w ill eithei plead guilts oi tlie case w ill
he divide d in court "
I tie undercover investigation took
place in a one b lo c k area on N I
Alberta St between G ra n d and 6th
avenues and AA ebstet St
I tits
lo c a tio n has been the scene ot
n u m e io u s a n ti ci title mat d ie s and
" AIDS clik’s not have to be a death
s e n te n c e ." said D a tr e ll, a fo rm e r
AIDS patient who appaieutly is now
cured "AAe must dem and tlia i d is
tots and people in the social services
stop m aking us tlie victim s "
In n . a d iag nose d A ID S p a tie n t,
spoke ot his sense o l outrage when a
ta lk show host has tlie te m e rity to
ask turn, " H o w does it teel to know
sou ate dying ot A ll >S
on his bit th
das Rather than dw ell on “ negative
at I it illa t io n s , " lie said I tie disease
gave him a new a p p le tla tio n ot hie
Ate choice rig ht now is io liv e," tie
Me Donald said
At least on the n a tio n a l le se l, tie
said, " I ' d like to emphasize that tins
is not a gas white male disease."
M c D o n a ld said 52 cases o t A ID S
have show n up in P o rtla n d , and IS
local A ID S pa tien ts base died fro m
the disease
I he C ascade
A ID S
P ro te c t
pros ides counseling and other support
to r p a tie n ts and lo se d ones, and
pi os ides educational m aterials to the
p u b lic ab ou t the disease He added
th a t a s u p p o rt g ro u p to r A ID S
p a tie n ts , the P A l P ro te c t, seas
p ic k e tin g
bs
n e ig h b o rh o o d
a s s o c ia tio n s and lo c a l business
owners
i hiel I ix k e tt said his de pa rtm e nt
w ill c o n tin u e to in v e s tig a te d ru g
dealing a ro u n d the Ring I lem entary
School and o th e i schools under the
liin s d ic tio n o t the P o rtla n d S cho ol
Police
I lie in v e s tig a tio n by the s c h o o l
police and the P o rtla n d police m atkv
the fir s t tim e b o th agencies jo in e d
together m a large investigation.
tcun lin uetl tro rn page onel
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L
y
BROW N M c D O N A l 0
said
A frica
(•tile r expel Is have questioned the
A trle a n o t ig in a tio n th e o rs , but
evidence seems to in d ic a te that the
disease is spre ad ing ra p id ly in " t h e
A ID S b e lt" ot central Attica
In the I tille d States, according to
Abtams, 60 percent ol AIDS patient'
ate w h ite , 2 ' percent Hlack and I '
peicent H ispan ic I he incide nce o t
the disease in tlie Black po pu latio n is
double tlie percentage ot Blacks in the
I s p o p u la tio n II gass ate screened
out ot tlie statistics, tie said, over 60
percent o l A ID S v ic tim s are non
( auc.isian " In te r e s tin g ls , people in
tlie Asian population have a vers low
risk " I he average age ot A ID S
[salients is 15, tie said
Patients lust come dow n w ith a set
ot s s m p to m s ca lle d A ID S re la te d
c o m p le x , or AR( . w h ic h in clu d e s
swollen glands in the back ol tlie tiexk
< >ser 90 percent o l AR( patients have
not gone on to get A ID S , according
to A bram s I hose w h o com e dow n
w itti A ID S gradually lose their abilits
to fig h t in fe ctio n , and o fte n die fro m
secondais in fe ctio n s like pneum onia
or a rare cancel called ka rp o sis Sar
coma
A bram s show ed slid es o t A ID S
p a tie n ts w a stin g awas in h o s p ita l
A M E R IC A N STATE B A N K
U t M B i n F f O t f t A L O C P O t/T
Pressure points and hard spots o ften found in
co n ven tio n al innerspring m attresses can cause a
person to toss and turn as m uch as 80 tim es a night,
w ith a slight breakup of the sleep pattern every six
minutes.
Xmas T ree sale
Som e people believe they can control the w ind
by tying or untying a handkerchief
Ih c G iio d News Dascaie ( enter al
'4 11 N I
2<»tli w ill he h o ld in g a
( h iis lm .is lic e and lio h d a s w re ath
sale, I X'c I " 11 om in a in to 4 p in
Beautiful six to o l douglas tu and pine
beds, then bodies emaciated and then
skin blotched with ugls lesions caused
bs the cancer
Ir a g ic a lls , m ans
p a tie n ts lose b ra in lu n c tio n and
become liter alls like c h ild re n in the
latet stages o l die disease, he said
Scientists ate w o rkin g lesetishls to
vVe d n j u t d o b u s in e s s w i t h S o u t h Africa
American State
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