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Show - CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT Col Charles M. Miadle, UPC commander, presents a certificate of Achievr-inen- t to SSgl George Bettencourt, Finance Division. SSgt Bettencourt is leaving for a tour of duty in 0 a Up and Down Willi Drugs (This is the first of a two-paseries dealing with Amphetamines and Barbiturates, known as the Up and Down Drugs. The second article will appear in the next issue of the Deseret rt COUNTRY-MAI- D provide each American with 23 doses of these drugs. The Food and Drug Administration reports that about half this supply enters illegal channels, for use. Stimulants are also produced in black-marklalwratories and are easily obtained from illegal sources. Stimulants are misused or abused by people of different ages and walks of life - from the . lean streaked iniddleagcd businessman or house- Consistairtfy tha finest. wife to students, athletes and for crisper frying and ndld smoked for the truck drivers. Recent govern- best flavor in bacon. ment surveys show that young people are becoming the greatest abusers of these drugs, Drivers take them to stay awake on long trips, students take them while cramming for exams, and athletes take them although TENDER CUBE STEAKS lwn-ne- d sporting associations have them Some use. their try BEEF.. kick." Some BONELESS for a temporary Ixrth stimulant abusers get on and sedative drugs, to get a and a chemical Chemical up-- ; down. The stimulant dnigs are generally swallowed as pills, but can lie taken in liquid form by injection into a vein at regular time intervals. This is a dangerous practice known among abusers as "speeding." ARE THESE STIMULANTS UMBRELLA ADDICTING? Benzedrine, Dexedrine and other stimulant dnigs do not produce physical dependence as do the narcotics. The body does not become physically dependent their continued use. It on does, however, develop a tolerance to these drugs, with larger and larger doses required to feel the effects. There is another kind of dependence medical authorities note in connection with the abuse of stimulants. They call Win a $65.00 Umbrella Camping Tent and it psychological dependence, or a practice that can lie come $50.00 worth of FREE groceries - register a habit for mental or emotional at Albertsons and Sunset Sporting Goods. reasons, with the person "getDrawing will be held at 7:00 PJW., Friday, ting used to and turning to June 5, 1970. the drug for its effects. HOW DANCEROUS ARE STIMULANT DRUGS? The drug;) can drive a person to do things beyond his physical endurance that leave him exhausted. Heavy doses may cause a temporary toxic psychosis (mental derangement) which requires hospitalization. This is usually accompanied by auditory and visual hallucinations (hearing and seeing imaginary things). Abrupt withdrawal of the dnig from the heavy abuser can result in a deep and suicidal depression. Long term heavy users of the amphetamines are usually unstable, and like irritable, other heavy drug users, show intellectual, and emosocial, tional breakdown. from unsanitary Dangers of speed" injections include serum hepatitis and uliscesses. Interjection cause abnonnal of speed heart rates, and may result in psychotic states (mental derangement) and long term personality disorders. Unaccustomed high doses inay cause death. (The next article will deal with the Sedatives, legal controls of stimulants and barbiturates and the research being done.) et Sampler.) Amphetamines, first produced in the 1920s for medical use, are stimulants to the central nervous system and are best known for their ability to combat fatigue and sleepiness. They are also used to curl) appetite in medically supervised weight reduction programs. The most commonly used stimu- lants are amphetamine (Benzedrine), dextroamphetamine (Dexe-drine- ), and inethamphetamine (Methedrine). Slang tenns for these drugs by some people who misuse them include pep pills," len-nieand speed." When properly prescrilied by a physician, moderate doses can check fatigue, .and produce1 feelings of altemess, and well- - being. In some people, this is followed by a letdown feeling, or depression hangover. Heavier doses cause jitteriness, irritability, unclear speech, and tension. People on very large doses of amphetamines appear withdrawn, with their emotions dulled, and they seem unable to organize their thinks, ing. The physical effects of these stimulant drugs include increasing the heart rate, raising the blood pressure, causing palpitations (throbbing heart and rapid breathing), dilating of the pupils, and sweating, headaches, diarrhea, and paleness. They also depress the appetite. Scientists have found that in the laxly these drugs stimulate the release of norepinephrine, a sulistance stored in nerve endings, and concentrate it in the higher centers of the brain. This speeds up the action of the heart and the metabolism, which is the lxxly's process for converting food into the chemicals it needs. WHAT ARE THE MEDICAL USES? Stimulants were first used to treat colds, Itccause they shrink the nasal membranes and can give temporary relief for "stuffy" heads. More effective drugs with fewer side effects are now used for this purpose. Stimulants are now mainly for (overnarcolepsy whelming attacks of sleep), depression, and to control overweight. Use of these drugs as appetite depressants, for overweight, or for any purpose, is advisable only under the supervision of a physician, since stimulants can produce unwanted reactions and are too risky for Doctors also prescribe these drugs for fliers, astronauts and others who can use them as medically directed to ward off fatigues during dangerous and prolonged tasks. ARE STIMULANTS MISUSED? About 20 percent of all medical prescriptions for drugs are stimulants. 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