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6 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Friday, March 13, 1959 Public Said To Have Erroneous View of Juvenile Drug Addicts Editor'! note: This li the second f two dispatches on the problem f dra; addiction and how it is dealt with the U.S. Public Health Hospital In Lexington. Ky., the ation's best known center for the treatment of drug addicts. By MARY JANE GALLAGHER Lexington, Ky. -UPD- Drug addiction knows no age lim its. "Narco" - the U.S. Pub lic Health hospital at Lexing ton, one of two in the nation designed for the care, treat ment and rehabilitation of narcotics addicts has had patients as young as 15- But according to Dr. Mur ray Diamond, Narco's direc tor, the public has an erron eous impression of the extent of juvenile addiction. - Dr. Diamond, noting that he is in his third tour of duty at Lexington, bracketed pa tients into three age groups since the institution opened in 1935. "In 1938," he said, "the av erage age (of patients) was 31 years; in 1950-51 it was 22 years with a sizable segment of juveniles; in 1959, as best we can tell, the average age is 26 with only a sprinkling or juveniles. Treatment Didn't Work When there was so much fanfare about juvenile addic tion, the doctor then in charge at Lexington follow ea puouc sentiment and ar ranged special treatment for that group. It didn't work. "Dr. Victor Vogel set aside a whole part of our building for juveniles," Dr. Diamond said. "Then we couldn't get them to move in. They want ed no part of it - called it 'Boys Town.' "There was much talk, too, that putting young addicts in with older ones made harden ed users of them. On the con trary, we've found well-selected older addicts can teach the young ones to let drugs alone." The hospital's 23 years have seen changes in addicts' attitudes and revision of em phasis in treatment. Voluntary patients arrive in far greater numbers than they did in the early days. "The first few years we had 92 per cent prisoners and 8 per cent voluntary pa tients - the volunteers were suspicious of treatment under the government. Since 1945, we've had about half and half." Mora Now Appear Now more patients who ap ply, come. It once was that only 30 per cent of the vol untary patients authorized actually showed up. Now 60 per cent put in an appear ance. "We have no authority to keep volunteers and a lot of them leave. There is a criti cal period," Dr. Diamond said, "when we've gotten their system free of drugs and they feel wonderful, as if they could lick the world. It's an ill-advised euphoria - and the most treacherous time. I wish we could force them to stay past that. "They leave, think they can take one shot and have the will power not to take any more. Then they're back at it again." Addicts used to refer to a trip to Lexington as "4-15," meaning the stay was four months and 15 days. The hos pital has extended that pe riod to six months when pos sible, since it takes four months after withdrawal from drugs to get body func tions back to normal. Women From All States The Lexington hospital tak es male patients from all states east of the Mississippi. Women make up a fourth of its population and come to Lexington from all states. The other Federal hospital for addicts, at Fort Worth, takes no women. Seventy per cent of Lexington's patients are Negroes. Not all of the Lexington hospital's 1,200 patients are addicts. Housed in a building near the main one are 150 psychiatric patients, all wards of the government, sucn as seamen, servicemen and their dependents The main hospital building is a large, sugar-loaf shaped structure of red brick with unobtrusively barred win dows painted grass green to match the tile roof. Sitting atop a hill four miles from Lexington, it overlooks Ken tucky's beautiful Blue Grass horse farms. Its approach is a long, winding drive through 1,056 acres which is farmed by patients. The plant is hemmed in by a high, steel-topped-with- barbed-wire fence. Getting in and out is by permission of a guard at the gate house. Treatment, with the excep tion of a new substitution drug, has remained much the same through the years, but more and more weight is be ing placed on the pyschiatric aspects of the cure. "Patient care has evolved into a dynamic rather than a holding operation," Dr. Dia mond said. Withdrawal from drugs is the first phase for the patient. This has been talked about, even pictured, as a nightmare that makes Edgar Allen Poe's fantasies akin to Disneyland. Dr. Diamond says tales of such horrors are myth. Isn't Pleasant "It certainly isn't pleas ant, but with the use of Me thadon, also a habit-forming drug if not used correctly, as a gradual substitute for what the patient has been taking, it is comparatively easy. "The substitute method in volving Methadon was devel oped here to replace the mor phine formerly used. We have a careful dosage sched ule and it eases the patient off. No matter if he's been taking an ounce or a bucket ful, withdrawal rarely takes longer than four to seven days. We found also that tran quilizers are of no help dur ing withdrawal." After a patient is off drugs, he is brought to as good a physical level as possible to help guard against a relapse. The next step is diagnosis and psychiatric treatment. It involves intensive psycho therapy supplemented by vo cational and social rehabilita tion training. Then, it's almost complete ly up to the patient himself 4 fx- 's 4' " 3- i. S" $ ZZf Jj W if Ui FOR A FERTILIZER PROGRAM THAT WILL PAY EXTRA PROFITS... 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A total of 69 cases were reported last month, includ ing (5) burglaries, (6) thefts of $50 or more, 51 thefts of less than $50 and 7 auto thefts. January's total was 91, while 68 eases were re ported in February, 1958. Miscelaneous offenses ' last month totaled 697, a sizeable drop from January's 879, but greater than a year ago, when 647 cases were reported. Violations of road and driving laws went from 199 in January to 196 last month, while traffic and motor ve hicle law offenses dropped from 477 to 312. Miscellaneous Cases February's miscellaneous cases included forgery, 2; em mezzlement and fraud, 22; prostitution, 3; sex offenses, 6; drunkenness, 35; disorderly conduct, 2; vagrancy, 1; driving while intoxicated, 2; and narcotics violations, 1. An interesting fact in the traffic offense category is that despite the use of radar, starting Feb. 9, the total for basic rule citations in Febru ary was the same as for January, 126. Of the total, 50 citations last month were based on the radar set. Chief of Police Charles P. Champlin has emphasized that the radar's primary purpose is to deter would-be offenders and not to achieve a citation record. Car Owners Said To Have Lower Grades Portland CUPD As the car ownership goes up, the high school grades go down, says Marlin Struckman, science teacher at Parkrose High school. Struckman reported to the Parkrose Parent-Teacher As sociation Thursday night that a survey of 320 junior and senior students showed 54 owned cars. And here is what he found: Of the 15 "A" students, only one, representing 6.7 per cent, owned a car. Of the 56 "B" students, five, or 7.1 per cent owned cars; of the 90 "C" stu dents, 21, or 23.4 per cent owned cars; of the 11 "D" stu dents 4, .or 36.4 per cent owned cars; and of the four failing students all four or 100 per cent owned cars. Struckman said the results of the Parkrose survey are similar to those from a recent survey at South Salem High school. TOO MUCH SNOW . Norwich, Conn. - (LTD - The Norwich Ski Association post poned its scheduled meeting Thursday night. Too much now. STANLEY G. SHERWOOD Retires from Service Sherwood Retires From Post Office Stanley G. Sherwood, who has worked at the Medford post office for 35 years, re tired from the service recent ly. He was assistant postmas ter at the time of his retire ment, having succeeded Earl H. Yorli, who retired last fall. Sherwood has served in all departments of the Medford post office. He has served un der three postmasters, William Warner, Frank DeSouza and the present postmaster, Moore Hamilton. In 1952, Sherwood was ap pointed clerk in charge, his first supervisory position. With the subsequent retire ments of Hugo Guenther, Otto DeJarnett and York, he moved through assistant superintend ent of mails, superintendent of mails and to assistant post master, a position he has held since Nov. 1, 1958. Sherwood served three years in the Navy during World War II, giving him 38 years of government service. Prentice Petty, formerly superintendent of mails, will succeed Sherwood as assistant postmaster. Budd Gail will be come superintendent of mails, and William Rose assistant superintendent of mails. Sherwood has announced no definite plans for the future. 308 Drivers Get Licenses Suspended Salem - The department of motor vehicles has released names of 308 drivers whose licenses were ordered sus pended during the period be ginning March 2, and ending March 6. Length of suspension var ies, depending on charges in volved, recommendation of court, discretionary action by the department or require ments of Oregon law. The de partment said some of the li censes involving and court recommendations may have been re-instated after suspen sion was ordered. The department warned drivers that the penalty for driving while suspended is a jail sentence of no less than two days and up to six months, and there may be im posed a fine up to $500. Un der licensing procedures, this will also result in an addi tional year of suspension. Driving While Suspende d In cludes any conviction, for viola tion of traffic laws, involving operation of motor vehicle, while driving privileges were under suspension) Bousman. Allen Marseen, 29, of 343 Patterson st., Ashland, driving while suspended. 1 year. Bradshaw, William. 46. of 5343 Table Rock rd.. Central Point, no operator's license, 1 year. Dunn, Omer Palmer, 25. of 1708 West Main st, Medford, violation of basic rule, 1 year. Lindgren, Steve Arthur, 26, of 1139 Morrow rd., Medford, driving without headlights, 1 year. Ridders. Waymon G., 38. of Butte Falls Star route, box 86, Eagle Point, failed to stop at stop sign, 1 year. Rightmier, William Jess, 45, of 30 West Sixth St., Eagle Point, passing with insufficient clearance, 1 year. Williams, Wallace Wayne. 22, of 1546 South Kenyon St., Medford, disobey traffic signal, 1 year. Driving While Under Influence of Intoxicating Liquor (Mandatory suspension) Beck, Freeman Nels, 21, of route 4, box 442B, Medford. 1 year. Chipman, Hilton Henry, 62, of box 194, Camp White, 90 days. Court Recommendation (Following traffic violation convictions) Greb. Robert Otis, 19, of Butte Falls Star route, box 26, Eagle Point, reckless driving, 30 days. Meredith, Charles Wesley, 20, of route 4, box 1285, Roseburg, reck less driving, 30 days. Discretionary Action of Depart ment Thompson. Chester Beryl, 70, of postoffice box 91, Veterans Domi ciliary, Camp White, failure to ap pear for examination, 1 year. mi s.x s, ir ii if " ftx i jv m t i ii i i y i mm jw m m jm m ma m m m m w l m l c m m m mm y,m i h d m m m w m m m m m m m r m f f i m m i i i i i v MmmrtrnmrnMrnMrumm IU III I ,V S I I I I I lllllfMll I fl I 1 I I 111 I I I f f f W M M !lll I I Iff llllffff kill I III UHHUADM I mm . . x LOW Down Payments Student Dance Set Saturday at YMCA A dance for high school students will be held at the Young Men"s Christian asso ciation Saturday, March 14, at 8:30 p.m. , The dance will be sponsored by the junior class Tri Hi-Y club to raise money for the youth and government pro gram. The money raised will help send delegates to the mock session of youth legis lature at Salem in April. Adult advisor for the dance is Mrs. Noani Johnson. Chap erones will be E. C. 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