HIGHLAND PARK
Pharmacy & Your Health
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tth
Being homeless de eriora es a
family's ability to be self-sufficien
and that leads to things like
depression and lethargy. Mother's
don't feel they're in charge anymore.
h aid.
".Th re i ri of men illness,
beca e of the d v tion ofbein
in a better, long with the cro ded
condition . The I c of home
deere e her bility to be good
P rent. Sh can't g t her children
thin like clothes, immunization
or any of the other thin they
need."
She added, "Being homele
deteriorate a family' ability to be
elf- lcient, and th t lea to
things like depre ion and lethargy.
Th mothers don't feel that they're
"I anttodo qualitative tudy,
an actual tudy of e perience ,
rather than a quantitative tudy of
numbers, "h id.
"There are tremendou
difference between the
African-American homel and
the white homele ," Thrasher
dded. "Th kin relationship are
different. And they each deal with
their (homeles ne ) itu tion
differently. "
Thrasher related ome of her
other discoveries ince 'beginning
her research.
o A her re earch ha
turned up number of differences
between the homele s people of "Homel n i an extremely
sire ful ituation for anybody, but
C I brat
Wom n"
Hi tory onth
The Sojourner Foundation,
Detroit community
foundation for women and
girl, will pre en t
"Conversations with Women
of Conscience, Compas ion
and Courage," Tue day,
March 31 at 5 p.m. at the
Roostertail in Detroit.
The event is in celebration
of Women' , Hi tory Month.
Members of the Foundation
will play the roles of such
heroines and Sojourner Truth,
Mabalia Jackson, Susan B.
Anthony and others.
Ticket are $35. Those
Interest d in purcbasing
tickets can make checks
payable to The Sojourner
Foundation, and mail them C/o
Sybil Offen, 19946 Fenton,
Detroi t, MiChigan 48219.
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DBTRcrr-1kDettoitchap­
terof tile donal Assodation of
Mboitics in Cable (NAMIC)
baa established a Scholarship
F\Di for mimdty high 9Cbool
seniors in the Detroit
Metropolitan ma woo plan k)
further their education at a
Michigan four-year institution
aDd major in mass media.
NAMIC Detroit � grant
two mdpients $500 sclx>larships
for � 1992I1.993 scmol year.
btuireIneJlD for � scholar­
sbipI arc: High ScIml minority
IeDi« with at leat 25 G.P.A.,
Dl\8tsOOw Anancial need. Addi­
tlODIl � arc: official
high scmol tramaipt, letters of
recommendation from school
COUIIIdorml a pcDOJlotber than
a family member, a copy of
parent's/guardian 1991 tax
retum.
� National Association of
Mimrlties in Olble�aoon-profit
association of local chapters
wbidl !oaRs on am facilitates
minority involvement
tbrougbout the cable television
imumy.
Chapters are located in
Qkqo, Colorado, Detroit, New
YOlk, �Hotdia,SouIbcm
� Washington, D.C..
aDd at Peon Stale Uni"ielSity.
For appllcatioo or further in­
follDltioo, oootact Kathy Bar­
dsm (313) 934-1tm ext. 241
� George (3130643-9m3.
Deadline for applications:
ApdI1, 1992.
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pair short-term ttl mory, oncentratum and co-'
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produce episodes
of paranoia,
as w�1I as long­
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Hashish: Hash.
Smoked ill small
"hash" pipes 01'
bongs. old in
small black, broom
or green cakes or balls. It has a sweet. stIcky smell
whm smoked. May also be taken orally. Its effect
a� similar to those of marijuana, but they may be
more intensified INcause of its higher pot�fCY.
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l.« h'l / ocnn . , clear ellou-ish liquid
1II1',Ilt-tII;vm small ","pllie or vials.
Al'Tosol sprays, cleanin ',flUIds. solvents:
. pnry paint cans, gasotin ,
glues and pa;"t thinners are
. , easily availab/� "highs." n
IN sp�d on paper bags
or ra and inhaled.
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telnlision star 11100 hat't
hem caught u ing drugs.
All of this may gi a cMd
the imp�ssion that it's "'ao
tiwly safe to ex(Jmment "mh
dru 'S, to try it ";ust thil oee"
Sad 1)1, every addiction
and dru -related
death
eoery com-
"p. munity in
the country.
'-J' .... fitogetaholdof
dru s, they don't haw "'10 go � far to get them.
It's usually common Itnowkd which studmts in
s('hnol carry tbem. And WMther they know it or
not, tbere may IN drugs at partws they attend.
Drugs can oftm IN purchaud opmly, in public
Cocaine: Coke. Nose candY, blow,
flake. A white powder,
usUally kept in
small amounts
in vials or •
corners of
plastic bags. Often
accompanied by small mirrors
and rator blades to chop it up into "lines,"
to be_ inhaled through the nose by small
stmws or rolled dollar bilts. It can also be
injected directly into the bloodstream. ocaine
increases the heart rate and blood pro ssure, as.well
as the risk of heart attack and strokes.
mek Cocaine: Crack, rock, freebaw. White or
tan pellets or "rocks" kept ill small vials.
Crack is often ed u,;,h mall lass
tubes or jars. A powerful flIId addictive
"hIgh "of,r sborl.
can be attributed baclt to that in; ial experintu.
don't know.
parks or 011 neighborhood street comers. But it will
probably be s� your child alretJdy �
who wil/"turn them on" to
. ', drugs: an acquaintance,a
schoolmate, a (rimd.
. ' Your child may
./even Itnow which pill
�in your mediciM cabinet
will get them high. If not, t
� kids that will be glad to tell them
exactly what to look
often kids
don't have to do
I that drugs kill
.I indiscriminately.
And it could happen
" to them. They haw to be
told about the hazardous
7' effects of drug abuse: memory
'I loss, impairmmt of coordinati n,
concentration and damage to the
1 heart and lungs. They need to /tnow
about other dangers,lilte addl lion.
Who should tell them? You. No teac"�r or
, coach TV commncial can h the impact of a
parmt. No 0 lse has that sam em tional bond.
ot�lIthmr
clearly. nd �II
them often.
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Rig m ney. They s e TV show bad guy
I If/m, suitcclSes full of money for drugs.
They see it around them.b, poor, "elgh­
tH)rl oods, kids know that drugs can mean
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