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Show Tuesday, May - (AP) The the Washington Journalism Center. "Casual use is declining, What is left is a hard-cor- e group of people who are heavily into drugs," said Charles R. Schuster, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. NTDA is the federal government's lead agency in researching drug abuse problems. Schuster said studies have shown that in 1985, an estimated 5.8 million Americans used cocaine at least once a month. By 1988, he said, the number had decreased to about 2.9 million. At the same time, he said, the number of weekly users rose from an estimated 650,000 to about 800,- - per- ception that illegal drug use is decreasing among suburban whites could lead to a reduced sense of urgency in fighting the nation's war on drugs, some analysts say. As a result, they say, mostly black inner-cit- y neighborhoods may have to find their own solutions to problems. "I can see it happening and it's unfortunate," said Kevin B. Zeese, director of the Washington-base- d Renter for the Study of Drug Policy, which advocates legalization of some drugs like marijuana and cocaine. Zeese was a speaker at a conference last week sponsored by drug-relat- B3 Page decline leaving wbm problem yntended Diriiogi-ys- e WASHINGTON THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, 8, 1990 ed black inner-cit- neighborhoods. y y, Conference speakers said, however, that differences are better linked to socioeconomic status than race. Schuster said he worries that policy makers may lose concern about illegal drugs if they're cong efforts have vinced that communiworked in middle-clas- s ties. "There is always that potential; anti-dru- minority problem and it wasn't aggressively attacked," he said. But a federal Drug Enforcement Administration official said he believes problems related to the inner-city drug trade will keep public attention focused on drug abuse in both urban and outlying Hi IThra IMteSf, :i : : A : EPSON : FmHa reports foreclosures WASHINGTON (AP) The Farmers Home Administration has written d off nearly of $8.8 billion owed by delinquent borrowers and says there is an increase in foreclosure activity to collect the rest. As of March 31, reports by the Agriculture Department agency show that proceedings were initiated against 4,110 farmers in the first six months of the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. That compared with 5,002 in all of the 1989 fiscal year and 1,459 in one-thir- 1988. Agency officials say the trend is expected to continue at least through the rest of this year. In Utah, 1,200 farmers are FmHA borrowers. Four have quit farming in the first half of this year due to "financial difficulties," the agency said. Spokeswoman Marlyn Aycock said that 75,352 collection notices were sent out beginning in late 1988 and that 32,584 were resolved by being paid off, brought up to date or otherwise settled. But that left more than 42,000 overdue loans still hanging fire. Many of those have been appealed or are in some kind of mediation with MORE HOME CONVENIENCES! SUPER APPUANCE VALUES! OFHgjdair the agency. The FmHA often is called the government's farm lender of last resort, and eligible borrowers cannot qualify for loans from commercial lenders. Procedures for collecting and servicing FmHA loans were refined by Congress in the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987, including requirements that collectors tell delinquent borrowg ers about various liberalized options available. The law also provided for writeof loans in downs and write-off- s cases where collection costs would exceed the recovery value. In many cases, FmHA had made loans far in excess of the eventual value of a farmer's assets. Land values, the main asset of farmers, plummeted in the 1980s and wiped out much of the collateral worth held by borrowers. As a result many wound up owing a bundle without sufficient net worth or cash WhilWol 1 1 families," added Joanne C. Benson, principal of John H. Bain Elementary School in Capitol Heights, Md., just outside Washington. Benson has been recognized for her efforts to rid the neighborhood around the school of drug pushers and to get parents involved in drug rehabilitation and community improvement projects. Benson said drug policy makers must make sure that no community is forgotten, even those with little political clout like Capitol Heights. on the rise - Hi AM WitaSf PORTABLE STEREOS & HOME OFFICE! "The issue of violence will keep this on the front burner," said David Westrate, DEA assistant administrator for operations. Walton said that while the drug problem appears to "manifest itself in its worse sense in our inner cities," it is simply "covered up a lot better" in suburbia, where parents can afford private treatment programs. "A lot of parents in inner cities do a tremendous job in deterring their kids from drug use," he said. Drug abuse "did not become a real issue in this country until it affected middle- - and upper-clas- s the attitude may be out of sight, out of mind," added Reggie Walton, a deputy to federal drug policy coordinator William Bennett and a former District of Columbia Superior Court judge. "For a long time (illicit drug use) was perceived as an inner-cit- although he said he believed those estimates are low. 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Similarly, 5,029 borrowers were allowed to "buy out" their loans at current liquidation values. This write-of- f amounted to more than $1.03 billion, an average of $205,674. The excused debts have included nearly 100 individuals who each have had FmHA loans reduced or written ' . off by $1 million or more. Aycock said that $933 million in old debt also has been written off by FmHA as uncollectable. Those involve 6,341 dead-en- d accounts, some going back 10 years or more. The number of potential foreclosures is indicated by "acceleration letters" sent to thousands of delinquent borrowers. The acceleration process is a major step toward final closeout of an FmHA loan through foreclosure. Another indicator the next step is the number of accelerated cases referred to USDA lawyers to await formal foreclosure action by the government. By comparison, the number of actual foreclosures by the agency those that have gone through final is relatively small. But. settlement those also are beginning to increase. So far this fiscal year, the records showed 107 foreclosure actions completed, plus 113 by banks and other lienholders that share loans with the agency. That compared with only 45 foreclosures by FmHA and 258 by other lienholders in fiscal 1989. In 1988, FmHA foreclosed on 58 borrowers and other lienholders, 504. But foreclosures aren't the only way FmHA can collect what is owed, nor are foreclosures the only reason for farmers to go out of business. Pressure by FmHA can result in the sale of property, in which case the debt is often settled, or voluntary transfer of property to the agency as part of a settlement deal. Although the FmHA records are still sketchy, figures for the first half of fiscal 1990 show that the pace of those who are quitting the farm, "due-tfinancial difficulties" of all typos,, is increasing. In fiscal 1988, 3,159 FmHA farm borrowers quit because of financial trouble. That represented 1.3 percent of the agency's total number of farm borrowers. In 1989. the number dropped to 2,046 who left farming, or 0.9 percent of the agency's borrowers. So far this year, according to first-ha- lf figures, 1.314 farmers, or 0.6 percent of the FmHA's 218,000 farm borrowers, have quit the land.: |