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
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February Crime
Rate Drops Below
Previous Month's
Medford's major crime rate
in February dropped well be
low January's figure but re
mained higher than a year
ago, according to the police
department's monthly report.
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.
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Young Men"s Christian asso
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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
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help send delegates to the
mock session of youth legis
lature at Salem in April.
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erones will be E. C. Spence,
Miss Josephine Culbertson,
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Widmer, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Turpin and Miss Pat Dugan.
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