Page Eight--Student Fife THE MICHI-GAN DAILY Wednesday, Sep t mber 2, 1970 ' Page Eight-Student Life THE MiCHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, September 2, 1970 4 Survey shows 37 per cent of °U' students smoke, pot 1 If city police could arrest all the University students who have smoked pot more than once, they would have to find jail space for almost 13,000 peo- ple. A University drug survey re- leased last September indicates an increasing usage of mari- juana among University stu- dents, with 36.7 per cent of the campus sample rating their smoking asmeithert"seldom" (more than once but less than often) or "regularly." . "An overwhelming per- centage" of students have not had experience with non-med- ically prescribed narcotics - codeine, heroin, morphine and opium, amphetamines - dexe- drine, diet pills, and tranquil- izers, or hallucinogens - LSD mescaline, peyote, psylocybin, and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). 0 Fraternity respondents re- ported almost twice as much use of narcotics-31.6 per cent - and hallucinogens . . . 26.3 per cent-as any other residence group, as well as a significantly higher use of marijuana/hash- ish, 57.9 per cent, and * Alcohol is used by 89 per cent of those surveyed, and tobacco by 53.9 per cent. The sgrvey began two winters ago when questionnaires were sent to 1,000 students randomly selected by computer. Some 600 replies were returned of which 580 were found acceptable for the study. The purpose of the the. University Drug Committee was to the extent of drug campus in order to what kinds .of drug programs are needed by students. survey by' Education determine usage on determine education or desired Although the committee stresses that "any generaliza- tion of the findings must be tentative because of the small sample," it does believe the sam- pling is "fairly" representative. As a control for respondents who overestimate their drug usage or who do not take the survey seriously, the question- naire included the names of two drugs,nphonodentriate (phon- ies) and "RNR," which do not exist. Only two questionnaires reported use of "phonies" and Used at level of "only once" to "regularly," marijuana . was reported to be used by 44.1 per cent; narcotics, 16.9 per cent; amphetamines, 2.7 per cent; tranquilizers, 12.2 per cent; hal- lucinogens, 12.2 per cent; to- bacco, 57 per cent and alcohol, 89.9 per cent. Although many students ex- pressed disbelief that the per- centage of marijuana users is "so low," the report says the percentage of student smokers Union e is much higher than has been reported in most other college surveys. Det. Lt. Eugene Staudenmaier of the Ann. Arbor Police De- partment believes the figures are "a little high" and that the cause may be students might enjoy saying they use drugs even if they do not. But, the report says, "If the increased amount of marijuana use is a result of more accurate reporting by the respondents, this might be explained by the assurance of complete confi- dentiality in this survey, or by lessening social stigma attached to the use of marijuana." Of a sample of 19 fraternity members, respondents reported marijuana usage at 57.9 per cent as compared to University housing (sample of 197 stu- dents) at 44.7 per cent; off- campus housing (330 students), 43.0 per cent; sororities (15 students), 33.3 per cent; and co-op, (12 students), 41.7 per cent. xpands Fraternity narcotics usage is reported at 31.6 per cent as compared to University housing at 14.7 per cent; off-campus housing, 17.6 per cent; sororities, 13.3 per cent; and co-ops, 16.7 per cent.t For hallucinogen usage fra- ternities reported 26.3 per cent usage; University housing, 11.2 per cent; off-campus housing, 12.1 per cent; sororities, 0.0 per cent; and co-op, 8.3 per cent. The analysis of the amount of drug use by class shows a tend- ency for usage to increase as students progress in school until the graduate level. From freshman year to grad- uate studies the use of tranquil- izers increases from 7.1 per cent (sample of 98 students) to 15.5 per cent at the graduate level (sample of 296 students). Tobacco usage increases from 53.1 per cent of freshmen to 58.8 per cent of graduate stu- dents. Alcohol increases from 86.7 per cent to 90.9 per cent at the graduate level. However, except for a com- ment of potential dangers of tobacco and alcohol, the com- mittee does not make v a l u e judgments on the drugs. The c o m m i t t e e does recommend various educational programs which the respondents indicat- ed would be desirable. Most students said the present c a m p u s and community re- sources do not adequately meet the needs of students with ques- tions or problems concerning drugs. Most students indicated they would tend to trust a uni- versity-sponsored program. Based on analysis of the sur- vey's data, the subcommittee suggests that future programs "provide current and objective information about physical and psychological consequences of drug use, information on legal aspects, and provide information on resources available to assist students with problems or ques- tions. In order to insure the confi- dentiality of the questionnaires, no record was kept of the 1000 students selected for the sample, no signatures or any identifica- tion were requested and no code numbers were used anywhere on the questionnaires or return en- velopes. There are sample weaknesses in the breakdown for year in school and schools and colleges of the University. The survey r e p o r ts that undergraduates makeup 49 per cent of the sam- ple while actually comprising 60 per cent of the student popula- tion. "This perponderance of grad- uate students in the sample may well affect some of the findings and should be carefully consid- ered in drawing conclusions," states the report. Another weakness is in the representation . of the various schools and colleges. No re- sponses were received from law, medical and dentistry schools and proportionately few from the education school. The committee noted the ex- tremely high usage of tobacco and alcohol in all the ,categories and groupings. "With all the attention paid to the potential dangers of non- medically prescribed drug use," states the report, "it is often forgotten that the potential for abuse (and consequential phy- sical and psychological'damage) is a very real factor in the use of tobacco and alcohol." "Certainly the preliminary findings of this survey would indicate that there is a very real problem with regard to alcohol and tobacco usage on this cam- pus," the report adds. t-r A- The survey analyzed the col- lected data and found: * A total of 44.1 per cent of the respondents said they have smoked marijuana or hashish at least once. Student Credit By TAMMY JACOBS After its first year of handling students' funds, the Student Credit Union is thriv- ing. The organization, with its slogan, of "Student Control of Students Money," has become a place to save as well as a place to get loans for almost 2,000 University students, and business is brisk at its coun- ter in the Michigan Union. In fact, SCU is expanding so fast it started using a computer to handle ac- counts Aug. 1, and it will be moving to a larger area of the Union this September. The credit union, initiated in August, 1969 offers students an alternative to using the commercial banks, and gives them an opportunity to handle their own funds. Besides savings and loan services, SCU offres consumer information, c a s h e s checks, and sells money orders and travel- er's checks. Membership is gained when a deposit of $5-one share-or more' is made *in the union, and dividends are paid quarterly. The first dividend was ..3 percent in De- cember, 1969, but the dividend for the quarter ending in June had'grown to atr least 3.8 per cent.. According to Treasurer-Manager John Kustria, dividends will reach 4.4.5 per cent during the fall, but "that depends on how the students use or abuse this place." The credit union has ,set a goal of 5 per cent dividenlds. SCU also hopes to expand its services to incude a plan which would let the union handle its members' room and board and tuition payments. According to this plan, members could deposit money for the payments with SCU. The money would then earn interest as the union made the payments to the Uni- versity throughout the year at the appro- priate times. The plan will be initiated if, after a trial period, the new compyuter system proves workable, according to Kustria-: Credit union officials say they also hope the new computer system will help handle. the rush of deposits and loans they ex- pect in early September. When the credit union was started, loans were limited to $500, but the limit has been gradually raised to $2,500. Loans of no more than $200 are granted to minors without a co-signature. The interest on a loan iseone per cent a month on the unpaid balance of the loan. The union is run by a nine-marn board of, directors elected from the membership annually. There are also three elected ad- visory members-students who are under 21 and not legally eligible to run the union. The board determines the union's general policies. The board meets monthly and all mem- bers' of the union are encouraged to attend and express their opinions., One of the major problems faced by the union last year was that of overworked staff-especially the Credit Committee, which ruled on all loans at the beginning. By February, a system had been estab- lished where a manager, assistant man- ager and tellers were paid, and the rest of the work was done by volunteers. Under this system, a paid employe is always at the counter, along with volunteers. "The problem is expanding our staff without eating into profits that would be used for dividends," Kustria explains. The credit union, which is the first of its kind in the country, was established after Student Government Council created a study committee to investigate the feasi- bility of a credit union run by students. A survey completed in March, 1969 in- dicated that at least two-thirds of the student body would eventually want to join the union. An application based on the survey re- sults was presented to the State Banking Commissioner, and permission to form the union was granted last August. By the middle of February, the credit union already had more than $180,000 on deposit with close to 1700 members. Out- standing loans had reached a figure of $152,000. During the summer the credit union con- tinued serving the student community, and this fall, as the union enters its second year with computerized accounts, an expanded staff, and a new location, members are confident that assets and dividends, as well as services will continue to expand rapidly. .. 1 .. i BARBERS for MEN WOMEN and CHILDREN Welcome Students! says Don Dascola, M '36 to The DASCOLA BARBERS THREE SHOPS: Arborland .................971-9975 Maple Village ............. 761-2733 Hours: Mon., Thurs., Fri.-10 A.M.-9 P.M. Tues., Wed., St.-9 A.M. to 6 P.M. 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