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Campus By Kay Branham Gamacoch StaH Writer first of two parts What do you think is the most abused drug on campus ? marijuana, speed.cocaine? If you said any of the above, you're wrong. It's alcohol and according to statisticsi.it is the number one substance abbsed in the United States. Mimi Parrott, dean of special services and head of the USC Campus Alcohol Project, said 77 to on .x,Her* ov jrti cciu ui vjo^' oluutu 10 ui inn alcohol. Parrott said there are unique factors which exist in a college environment. "It's not the real world. If a student wants to stay out and drink all night and then sleep the next day, he can. It becomes very easy to slip into such patterns that won't work anywhere else. There's a total lack of accountability at college." PAKKOTT SAID studies have shown that the patterns people develop between the ages of 18 and 22 come back later in life. "If you learn an abusive pattern of alcohol in college, it is more likely to crop up in later life and present problems. This is a growing area of concern of many people. These figures do not imply that this campus is composed of alcoholic persons or problem drinkers. It does mean that there is a substantial number of young people who give very little thought to what their alcohol use can mean in terms of alcoholrelated disruptions and costs. "With the Campus Alcohol Project, we are trying to teach students to be concerned and pay attention to what haDDens during the college experience.'' rnmimmummmi BELIEVE IT I | MINIMUM ORDER? $3.00 on campus j $3.50 off campus Q) >. NOTHING .ti c 8<" o BEATSA > O) | ADDITIONAL ITEMS p CHANELO'S SUPREME I Pepperonl, Italian Sat ij Green Olive, Anchc ' ? I DON'T BEt i?ii ii ii ii ii n mnii'iiiii * 1= c CHANELO'S ? ^ E _c => .2 PIZZA * :tz "o u < 5^ a U CO "5 "> UJ LU s u OL. * > 0) ^Oof ? UJ < ??00l a N U- M CN O. 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According to research Taylor did in cojunction with the Campus Alcohol Project, mixing alcohol and drugs can multiply, the effect normally expected from either the drug or alcohol alone. "When drugs are forced to compete with alcohol for processing by the body, alcohol is matabolized first, while the other drug remains active in the blood for a longer time. As a result, the drug's effect is intensified," Taylor said. The normal depressant effect of the drug or DON'T BELIEVE IT I DON'T BELIEVE IT I D we've g Evei 4 P'ZZ a%iram & ? -UAe pizzas UGH MADE FRESH DAILY" 10'' 14" 16" 2 2.90 4.45 5.30 3.50 5.20 6.25 3.50 5.20 6.25 3.50 5.20 6 25 3.50 5.20 6.25 3.50 5.20 6.25 3.50 5.20 6.25 Tr rn C OA /? / *r 9.3U D./3 3.50 5.20 6.25 3.50 5.20 6.25 1 .60 75 .95 5.50 7.75 9.50 t isage, Mushrooms, onion, Green P >vv on request ifvE IT I DON'T BEUEVE IT I DON'T BEL Project t< alcohol alone is multiplied on the central nervous system and can result in total reduction of vital body functions. "WITH THE combination of two depressants, such as quaaludes ana Deer, tne ooay Decomes suppressed and death may result," Taylor said. Another danger of mixing alcohol and drugs is that heavy drinkers may take even larger doses of drugs during periods of sobriety because the drugs are broken down more rapidly without the presence of alcohol in their systems, Taylor said. Prescribed quantities will seen to have little effect. Taylor co-teaches a drug education course with Gerald Costello of the College of Health Education. The course is slanted toward students and deals with drugs of abuse, alternatives to drug use and drug policies in schools. "I TKY to stay in contact with SLED as to the price of drugs, which drugs are the most popular on the black market and what drugs are being sold as," Taylor said. "It's definitely a buyer beware market. You always rpn - the risk of getting something bad. For example, when buying cocaine you usually only get 10 to 20 percent cocaine per gram and it sells for $75 to $100 a gram," Taylor said. Taylor pointed out that the use of speed and quaaludes has also risen. "A lot of the speed now on campus is actually weight reducing aids being sold at $1.50 a capsule. Most of these contain caffeine and maybe an antihistamine, but are made to look like the counterpart of real amphetamines and so people buy , e I ON'T BELIEVE IT I DON'T BELIEVE IT I DO 2702 Rosewood Dr. Columbia, s.c. 254-8800 lot more going I 5 P.M.?til?CLOSIJW ry Thursi a...Your Choice. a Pizza E l SAME VALUE J | gg V-M I V IEVE rr I DON'T BELIEVE IT I DON'T BELfl PELU 0" ][70 CHEESE 895 ONION 8 95 GREEN I 895 PEPPER HI FRESH S HI GROUNI HI OLIVE (B J ANCHOR MUSHR< B.95 MAM \llADDITIC iJy , SICILIAN epper, Pepper r.roan fl caches re them and think they're really getting high" Quaaludes are also subject to being faked and counterfeited. 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