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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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drug aid?
761-HELP
By PAUL RUSKIN
"People who are using illegal
drugs don't deserve to be poison-
ed," say Drug Help volunteers,
and to substantiate that belief
they have established a large
organization which is dedicated
to helping people with drug
problems and to educating
people about drugs.
Located in the Community
Center building, Drug , Help
operates a 24-hour emergency
phone line staffed by 150 vol-
unteers who are trained to coun-
sel people with relatively minor
drug problems. To handle more
serious cases, trained pairs of
helpers are ready at all times
to go to the scene of a crisis.
In addition, the Crisis Clinic
has nine professionals-includ-
ing a doctor, medical students,
I and psychiatrists-who have
agreed to take care of cases,
which require immediate profes-
sional care.
Drug Help people have also re-
ceived special permission to en-
ter the examining and emer-
gency rooms at University Hos-
pital to assist doctors in dealing
with drug-related cases.
Other Drug Help services in-
clude the staffing of first aid
tents during local rock concerts
and the chemical analysis of
local drugs. This latter service
has been discontinued but Drug
Help hopes to be able to resume
it in the. fall.
Drug Help personnel have ap-
peared at a number of schools to
speak about drugs. At Pioneer
II, Drug Help staff members
teach an accredited course on
drugs and Drug Help counselors
participate in a drug counseling
program at Tappan Junior High.
Furthermore, Drug Help has
been active in training high
school teachers to deal with
drug problems.
Although anyone is welcome
to volunteer to work at Drug
Help, the staff prefers that new
people have either personal ex-
perience with drugs or academic
training about the subject.
New workers receive training
from experienced workers during
two or three training sessions,
then they work together with an
experienced person on a phone
shift in order to receive more
on-the-job training.
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By DIANE LEVICK
The days of tire-strewn floors
at the Fisher Cadillac building,
502 E. Washington, ended 1 a s t
year with its =conversion into a
"by the people" and "for the
people" Community Center.
Established last December,
the center houses various youth-
oriented community organiza-
tions, including Drug Help, Ozone
House, the Community Center
Project, and a free medical clin-
ic.
"A hell of a lot of work went
into this place," says Rob Swe-
gart, who works at Ozone House.
"The Center is a place where
people can come in and learn
to help others. The general
philosophy here is that there are
other ways to help people - and
better ones - than the tradi-
tional models."
Swegart's organization, for in-
stance - Ozone House - is de-
signed to help runaways a n d
their families. It offers general
youth counseling by trained
workers.
Ozone House takes the atti-
tude that running away can be
a constructive act because it
may call attention to problems in
a family environment. Ozone
workers, often college-age, try
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to open up communication be-
.tween family members and of-
ten succeed where intimidating
older professionals fail.
Various local women's a n d
church groups bring food to the
Center for the daily dinner pro-
gram which feeds runaways,
gram which feeds street people
or anyone in need of a meal.
Drug Help, like Ozone House,
existed before the Community
Center found a home. Drug Help
operates a 24-hour crisis pnone
line fbr any kind of drug prob-
lem (761-HELP). Trained, paid
workers conduct a long-term
drug counseling program.
The Community Center -Pro-
ject office acts as the operat-
ing base for a growing number
of projects. Matrix Library, for
example, contains magazines
and books, relating to both the
organizations in the Commun-
ity Center and a variety of fields
of social science.
Ann Arbor Network, also lo-
cated in the center, runs a ride
switchboard for those offering
and looking for transportation
or trying to locate friends.
The Project coordinated the
designing of the Peoples Ball-
room in the center. "Its open to
all community people," Swegart
says. "It was a garage, but now
there's even a stage nside."
He voices hope that eventually
dance workshops as well as jams
and concerts will be held there.
An office has been set aside in
the Community Center for the
upcoming People's Communica-
tion Committee. Ann Arbor Net-
work will move in alorg with the
headquarters of the Ann Arbor
"The Center is a place where
people can come in and
learn to help others. The
general philosophy here is
that there are other ways
to 6.lp people-and better
ones-than the traditional
models."
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On the upper level of the Com-
munity Center, the free medical
clinic gives health care to any-
one who needs it. Doctors do-
nate their services, but not all
of the clinic workers are pro-
fessionals.
"They do sex counseling and
treat VD," says Swegart, "but
the main emphasis is on chang-
ing health models - changing
the available forms of health
care."
Also located in the Center is
the Creative Arts Workshop,
which sponsors weekly sessiols
in various handicrafts and in
,poetry.
How does the Community Cen-
ter accomplish all that it does?
It received $9,000 from the city
this year to pay the rent plus
a grant fromthe U.S. Depart-
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare.
And who supervises the Cen-
ter? "God," Swegart answers,
implying that democracy reigns.
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