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I 4-f 4 it " . '4 ,,- - ' - ' vv r 1 i't - - , These children at nursery in Holladay, Utah, enjoy services of University graduate social workers. Tempted By Peer Group? U. Condemns Drug Abuse "While mere is no evidence of widespread drug use by University students, it is known that the contemporary, con-temporary, society provides many young people with an opportunity to experiment with drugs and we believe that such experimentation is going on by some college students." This is a portion of a position paper released by the Office of the Dean of Students. Dr. Virginia P. Frobes, dean of students, emphasized that in h e r opinion no crisis on campus exists and that the issuance of the paper follows a trend set by colleges throughout the nation. , Catalog Condemns Drugs For the first time a statement on drug abuse appears in the '67-68 catalog: "Gambling, consumption of intoxicants, use and abuse without medical supervision of drugs controlled con-trolled by law and disorderly conduct con-duct of any kind whatsoever are forbidden on the campus or in the buildings of the University, or in housing units under the supervision of the University." The report took over one year to compile by a committee including: Professor Lester Mazor, of the College Col-lege of Law; Dean Lowell Bennion, dean of students office; Mr. J. EI-roy EI-roy Jones, director of campus security; se-curity; Professor William Wisner, philosophy department; and Dr. Peter Pe-ter Knoepf ler, psychiatrist at t h e University Health Service. There were no formal student members but students were consulted at various vari-ous times. The committee is planning plan-ning to include student members - this year. It's A Felony Due to action taken by the Utah State Legislature, better drug control con-trol is now possible at the University. Univer-sity. Possession, trafficking, or illegal illeg-al use of drugs is now a felony. The report states that "legal action ac-tion is at times necessary and may have some preventative value, but the more significant long range approach ap-proach to ultimate drug control lies in the area of education and in providing pro-viding alternate ways for meeting needs, reducing; the tensions, and resolving the fears of the student who turns to drugs." Frobes feels other approaches are by word of mouth and the peer group. LSD Scary "Most college students are too smart to play around with something some-thing as scary as LSD, especially when they think about the future consequences," she said. Researchers Research-ers have recently discovered a possible pos-sible link between LSD and chromosome chromo-some breakage in the cells. The paper continues: "t h e University believes that the most effective counter force for the use of psychedelic drugs is its own and society's resources for creativity, intellectual discovery, self-realization and meaningful social relationships. relation-ships. It is committed to applying its full effect to increasing the influence in-fluence of these resources on its students." A Little Learning Is . . . Some specialists say that education educa-tion is bad because it draws in more people who normally wouldn't be affected. In reply, Dean Frobes said, "Knowledge is scary, but scarier to be without it." The Student Health Service would like to be considered a center cen-ter where students can come and talk about their problems in confidence. confi-dence. Students or groups who are interested inter-ested in obtaining information on drug effects should contact the Office Off-ice of the Dean of Students for further information. |
