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Drugsfrom page 3 situations where a studen initiates the contact a: completely confidential." The Counseling an< Human Development Centei and the Psychologica Services Center are name* in the drug policy as th< nlar>o fnr cfii()anfc fn cnnl |/iuvv ivt kjvuVIVUVO W OWI help. But these organization: refer all cases to the healtl center, which refers mos cases to the council. Cleatis Walker, Studen Health Center director c Nurses, said, "We see muc more alcohol abuse her than drug abuse. Eithe people don't come over her as often, or there has been , real decrease in the use o drugs." Powers said there was no a change in the amount c drug use but in the type o drugs being used. "WE'RE seeing a lot les drugs of the hallucinogeni sucu as l?mj, in recen years," Powers said. "Thi use of amphetamines an< quaaludes has increase< drastically in recent years as has dependency 01 valium, which has becomi the most widely prescribe< drug. 44We're also seeing a ris< in the opiate drugs such a; opium and heroin, and th< tendency has been awa; from acid. There is still a lo of speed, but there always has been," Powers said. Walkpr sniri appnr/lino h some of the horror storiej she had heard, the druj problem is worse now thai two or three years ago. Marili McNeese, executiv< director of Contact Help said about 280 drug relate( problems have been deal with this year through th< hotline run by Contact Help. She said these calls rangt from people wanting to enc their drug habit to parent: discovering their son': possession of marijuana t< people just wanting hel] deciding whether they hav< a drug problem. McNeese said most call: were referred to the counci because she considers th< program quite successful. The GAMICOCK is the student newspaper ol the University of South Carolina and is published 'our times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays during the fall and spring semesters and weekly on Wednesdays during both summer sessions, with the exception of university holidays anil examination periods. Opinions expressed in the GAMECOCK are those of the editors and not those ol the University of South Carolina. The University of South Carolina is ar equal opportunity institution. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of th? GAMICOCK The Student Media Department is the parent organization ol We (iAMtCCK.K. Change of address forms, subscription requests and other correspondence should be sent to the GAMICOCK, Box 051)1, University of Smith Carolina, Columbia, S C. 29208. Subscription rate* are $15.00 for one (1) year, M OO per faM or spring semester and 83.00 tor both summer sessions. Third class postage paid at Columbia, S.C. * A Narcotics Testing Kit is used to distinguish i narcotics from other r agents. 1 Staff Photo by CAPERS HAMMOND i 5 S 1 t H___ i* f7T."-:' ^ it t..---i >f K r h lliiiiilftii e teip|8?R3i I?Tfl L I i e M I ^HHJL it khb^B|^Ip c By jfll e \ _ , ' ' * I -4 J j -I i i WifflimjPI *# I -j | i ; - j- - : I 111111 _ , I 1 mi?| / MHHHIHUHHMbbuh > i m-v yja*:< '^ suh&ti - - ?? .**** S^T^Wft ^ ^^MN iiLX^^^W I HL :^%H - ^ Bpyfefl IS f^v/ iffM HH R^r i \; '' _ ~ 4", > f , \V ^ - V~~"-V- BSL ^53? I BBH I Tote Bags I [fcj The Jewelry Warehouse pi i j^| 2909 Piatt Springs Rd., W. Cola. pj |;a] 9 til 6 Mon.-Sat. b}; "ll't more than ju?l another jewelry More." j i f ' jPI JF ?M Bk Lt&m "it flBHHBHHnHHnLIISHKmvr : ' S / ^ z&mT M ^ HHnkn 1 + ., *jj&B?. " " ' ' .. ; ' ; .( . ;. . ' ; .: ' ' "Y-,,j