Page 4. Portland Observer, July 23. 1986
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Than. "Rollover Beethoven'' May Be Your Song
by Steven Hatley N. D.
Cocaine in America
Part 1
nerve cell firing). What differentiates cocaine
from procaine and lidocaine is that cocaine
inhances the action of our adrenal hormones
(adrenalin and nor-epinepherine).
This in
crease in adrenal influence gives the user the
feeling of inhanced strength, energy and when
coupled with the anesthetic qualities of the
drug produce a high that is extremely stimula
ting and addictive. The actions as an adrenal
enhancer can result in what is called cardiac
fibrillation or a heart attack, as was the sus
pected cause of death for Len Bias.
Cocaine addiction is a problem that has
faced the United States since before the turn
of the century. Called cocainomania in the old
medical literature, the dangers and addictive
nature of cocaine long ago removed this drug
from common medical use. Today its only
accepted use is as a topical anesthetic with the
safer analogs procaine and lidocaine being the
drugs of choice for most topical applications.
The recent tragic deaths of Len Bias and
Don Rogers have focused our eyes on the ex
tent of the problem and emphasize the ex
treme dangers of a new form of cocaine called
"Crack” in the east or "R ock" on the west
coast. This new form of cocaine is considered
more addictive and much more dangerous
than the powdered form that greeted this cen
tury. Until the early 80 s cocaine was prirnar
Long term abuse of cocaine results in a
number of broad conditions. Heavy users
loose their appetite and it is not unusual to
see 20 to 30% normal body weight loss in one
m onth's time. I have seen users who were so
malnourished that their hair had fallen out, and
they were skin and bones while in their early
20's. Other symptoms include nervousness,
rapid heart rate, nausea, vomiting, delusions,
antisocial and violent behavior and in toxic
dose may include coma and/or respiratory
failure.
ily ingested by "snorting " or inhaling pow
dered cocaine into the nose where the drug
enters the body through the mucus mem
branes. A small percentage of cocaine users
injected the drug into their bloodstream. Now
about half of the nation's cocaine users are
smoking the drug as "crack" or "free base".
When the drug is smoked it is delivered into
the body via the lungs, and the speed and con
centration of drug entry is much greater than
the older forms of ingestion. This rapid inten
sified "h ig h ” is responsible for the greater
addictive nature of "crack" and for the greatly
increased number of deaths due to cocaine
Even though the damage of cocaine abuse
can be so great, we are seeing a near epidemic
increase in cocaine use in the U S.
The
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) esti
mates that 5 million Americans are regular co
caine users They estimate that half of these
people are using "crack" as their form of the
drug. Crack is most popular in the inner city,
among men ages 20 to 35, with half the users
being minority populations. While we have
waged an ever increasing battle against drugs,
the increases of cocaine related deaths grows
even faster. Next week I will discuss some of
the current theories of why people abuse and
become addicted to drugs
overdose.
Actions and Toxicology:
The effects of cocaine include those of
other anesthetics in that it interferes with
nerve action by decrjyasing sodium action at
the nerve membrane (sodium is the initial
electrolyte or charged particle that produces
ATTENTION
ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH
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C orner of i t h end S k id m o re
The Community of Portland and
Bethel A M E Church cordially in
yite all of you and your families to
attend a free Banquet, honoring
Bethel's pastor and wife. Rev and
Mrs Matthew A Watley, at the
church, Wednesday, July 30, 1986
al 6 00 p.m.
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According to the Employee Bene
fits Research Association, Ameri
cans change jobs an average of ten
times during their adult working
years. And when they leave one
job for another, or opt for retire
ment, many are in for a lot of money
- and a HUGE tax bill
But there may be a way to avoid
the bad news
To paraphrase an
old popular song, "Rollover, Bee
thoven." there’s an IRA made es
pecially for people like you Here's
how it works
When you make a career move or
retire, you become eligible to re
carve your share of your employer's
pension or profit sharing plan. And
that could be a substantial sum In
fact, it could be the largest sum of
money you'll ever receive at one
time.
Unfortunately, you could be
forced fo pay taxes on the entire
amount (either at your odinary in
come tax rate, or using a special cal
culation known as ten year forward
averaging) unless you know your
options And one of the most al
tractive choices available may be to
"rollover" the money into an IRA
An IRA Rollever account offers
several benefits.
First, you can
avoid paying tax on your employer s
distribution all at once. You can
also defer all taxes on interest or
capital gains until you begin making
withdrawals And, there's no upper
limit on the amount you can roll
ever, whether it's $500 or $50,000.
One stipulation, however, is that the
amount has to represent at least half
of the total distribution you re
ceived
How does this affect your regular
IRA contribution for the year? It
doesn't. You can still put up to
$2000 in a regular IRA m addition
to the amount of your Rollover IRA
One thing to keep in mind is that
timing is extremely important. For
example, if you choose to roll the
money over info an IRA, you have
only sixty days to act. Once the
sixty days are up. you'll be taxed on
the entire amount
So, when the farewell party is
over and you pick up that big check.
CELEBRATION
The Allen Temple C ME Church will be celebrating their 25th annual
Mammoth Tea on Sunday. July 27, 1986. from 3:00 p m to 5 00 p.m at
the St Andrews Parrish Hall, 4940 N E 8th and Albert“
The theme of this year's tea is "Roofs and Wings, A Living Memorial"
A musical concert will be presented by the Allen Temple Choirs Highlight
of the celebration will be the inducting of members info the Allen Temple's
Living Memorial Hall of Fame
Rev Phillip S Nelson is the pastor
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M e e tin g Scheduled
The next regularly scheduled
meeting of the Board of Commis
sioners of the Housing Authority of
Portland will be held on July 30,
1986 at 6 00 p m in the Hollywood
East Board Room, 4400 N E Broad
way, Portland, Oregon 97213
EITHER ONE OF OUR COUNSELORS WILL BE GLAD
TO HELP
VANN & VANN FUNERAL DIRECTORS
5211 N. Williams Avenue
Telephone 281-2836
COME AND CELEBRATE WITH US
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This is to be a semi formal affair.
There will be tremendous displays
of talents So come out and spend
an enjoyable evening
Donations will tie accepted
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11:00 a.m., Morning Worship
7:00 p.m., Evening Worship
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A ‘'Newsweek'1 correspondent
was expelled from South Africa
June 23. after the magazine pub
lished a cover story that was critical
of the South African government,
according to "The Washington
Post."
Richard Manning was the second
foreign journalist expelled since the
South African government declared
a stale of emergency June 12 and
implemented rigid restrictions on
the press. Earlier, Wim de Vos, a
Dutch citizen working for CBS as a
cameraman, was expelled.
According to "The Post," the
June 23 issue of "Newsweek' did
not appear in South Africa because
distributors were fearful they would
be held liable under the new guide
lines prohibiting dissemination of
"subversive” material. The penalty
for violating the restrictions is a fine
of up to $8,000 and a prison sen
fence of up to 10 years or both.
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