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Prescription pad By Brian Turner Owneeeck Staff Writer Prescription pad theft is a problem in doctors' offices, but is not any worse on campus than in private practices, according to Dr. Kendell Fields, director of clinical operations at the Student Health Center. "We've had students caught for theft of prescription pads only two or three times in five years," Fields said. The latest incident was last summer when a person was caught forging the name of a nurse instead of a doctor. AS FAR as I know, those caught stealing from the center have not been penalized significantly," Fields saia. we ioiiow me same precautions private physicians use, keeping the pads in pockets and out of sight. The idea is to make them inaccessible," he said. If someone is determined to steal the pads they may eventually get an opportunity, Fields said. "We would be foolish to believe that we know of every instance of pad thefts." "Fug'' discusses: By R.L. Chesley promote tax in Gamecock StaM Writer down Wages. Democratic senatorial candidate "Waste is inci Charles D. "Pug" Ravenel at- said of the Unit* tacked his opponent's positions and budget. He woul discussed national issues with year freeze on tl students Tuesday at the Russell and concentrate House Ballroom. U.S. forces in w Ravenel, hoping to unseat Republican Strom Thurmond in mmmmmmm November, said he and Thurmond 1 OPEN have a "totally different approach to almost everything." He cited the I 11 AM-Till incumbent's past position on civil rights and his present positions on I Mon. thru S the environment, education appropriations and unemployment. Ravenel said at the informal program sponsored by the I MONDAY Association of Afro-American Students, "inflatioin isw far and I TUESDAY away the biggest problem today. He then introduced a program he WEDNESD/ felt would help alleviate it. Ravenel said he would try to THURSDA! "freeze" the federal budget at the 1979 level for the next two years in ottri g an attempt to balance the budtret I ?COc* *< He also would persuade Congress I 1824 EdltlU to pass "no-cost" legislation and ? Only 8 minutes tr <^W WBgnSfflSgUft 'Cost includes rex ; - -.^fcr^^pgaBR^Bf^Ma $15.00 Addition T'r includes all tax a theft uncommon The most common illegal prescription is for am phetamines, Fields said, although for anyone to gel any controlled substance, he would have to forge i doctor's signature and fabricate a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) number. "THE CHANCE of getting an illegal prescriptior filled at the university pharmacy is next to im possible, so these are taken to pharmacists in town,' he said, adding, "For the instances we know about, il is surprising how fast the pharmacists have becom< suspicious." The vast majority of prescriptions written b> doctors at the health center are filled there also, Fields said, and "it would cause suspicion if someone brought a prescription for a controlled substance to ? private pharmacy." "We try to be as careful as we can," Fields said. "Il would be more convenient for us to keep pads in ever) office, but we have to make stealing them as difficult as possible." issues, opponent centives to hold Ravenel said he is opposed tc national health insurance bul redible," Ravenel expressed concern for those whc sd States' defense could not afford hospitalizatior d propose a two- insurance. "I don't have all th tie current budget answers. I don't have all th on strengthening solutions, and I'm not going tc estern Europe. solve all the problems," he said Hi' nMi.Vrrm*BM?8^ag?BBgag^^ % HAPPY I HOUR - " Big Screen T.V. Ladies Nite - Free Champagne IY 25* Draft All Nite f College Nite -10* Draft from 8:30 Until... ~)Jsco 6 Nites A Week na'b'r. 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