OCR Text |
Show Jge A THE DAILY WXLIX Pkmo, UA, Wiek. Sefanba 1 Teens exposed to iridre drugs; parents lose influence f O - r on - - Associated Pness Wmer gggsagg Just as are becoming WASHINGTON teen-age- rs tnore exposed to drugs, their parents are losing influence over their lives, according to a hew survey that suggests ages 12 and 13 are critical years in the fight against drug use. Few know how to buy marijuana or know knneone who has used hard drugs, but about three times as many do by the time they are 13, according to the survey from Columbia University' National Center on Addiction nd Substance Abuse, ln no other year does a child's access to drugs and attitude about drugs shift so precipitously," said Joseph A. Califano Jr., the center's president and secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in the Carter administration. The survey also found that teens think the drug problem is considerably worse than their teachers and especially their principals do. For instance, 78 By ILIA SHAWN FOGATCENIX er AsaociMed ffat Northern BELFAST, The British and Ireland Irish government unveiled plans Tuesday for a crackdown on IRA dissidents who engi- neered the deadliest bombing in three decades in Northeri Ireland. The plans are expected to be approved in emergency parliamentary sessions this week. Also, in a carefully worded statement tied to Thursday's visit of President Clinton, Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams proclaimed that the violence we have seen must be for all of us now a thing of the past, over, '" done with and gone," The statement represented a significant Aetorical shift for d his party and was welcomed by the British and Irish prime ministers, Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern. But it fell short of demands from Protestant politicians for the Irish Republican Army td declare specifically that it "war" to destabilize Northern Ireland was over and for th outlawed group to prove it by starting to disarm, a goal con? tained in April's peace agreement, The proposed crackdown' restricts the right to silence for allows terrorist suspects, courts to convict suspects based, chiefly on testimony firon senior detectives, and empowj ers authorities to seize proper! ty from people who lend sup? g paramili? port to ' tary groups. Britain's version of the bill was hastily drafted in response to the Aug. 15 car bomb in Omagh, Northern Ireland; which killed 28 people and wounded more than 390. That attack was committed by ISA, dissidents opposed to the par IRA-allie- MHH l I t'Al I Fit ! n IIk Anonmc Pics home after his back toward house looks Tuesday. Wildfires, started by afcc Tony Mora of Juniper Flats, ne3r Hemet, Calif., returning of atid timber in California. brush acres scorched 30.000 and of dozens homes storms and stoked by high winds, destroyed nearly Horn ltrng percent of teens say their schools are not drug free; just J 8 percent of principals agree, And while only 15 percent of trigh school principals say the fechool drug problem is getting wrse, half of students and 41 Percent of teachers believe it is. By MINERVA CANTO Associated Press Writer I "Principals make monkeys of Jhemselves as they reveal their NUEX), Calif. lightning ee no evil, hear no evil, speak off dozens of wildfires touched tio evil posture," Califano said. across California, destroying 26 J The annual survey found hat for the fourth consecutive homes and burning 30,000 acres of brush. An inmate fireear, teens said drugs were the tnost important problem they fighter was killed when a truck face. And the percentage of headed for the front lines high school students who flipped. Flames advanced on a at Camp depot Import that drugs are used, sold napalm casiIndian Pendleton and an Jmd kept at their schools conno. tinued to inch up, rising to 78 erratic Heat, humidity, percent this year from 72 perEl winds. vege1996. in cent tation and a bumper crop of ' f Overall, 41 percent of said they had smoked bugs and snakes worked Forecasters hiarijuana, while 39 percent against firefighters. said storms more lightning and 23 percent aid they drank were on the way. aid they smoked in the previFirefighters also battled ous 30 days. in a number of other blazes 9 perAmong cent reported drinking in the ast month, while just 1 per-esaid they had smoked 'ecently and 2 percent reported using marijuana. By KALPANA SR1MVASAN The survey found those rates Associaled Press Writer most ncreased sharply KJtwceri .ages 14 and 16, yet WASHINGTON ittitudes and exposure to Surrounded by bright blue vans Irugs change earlier, with the that tour the country providing nost dramatic differences pediatric care, Vice President Al etween 12- - and Gore announced steps Tuesday More than three times as to said they bring coverage to more uninnany sured children. rouldn't report a student they Gore said the reach of federaw using drugs. A is less afraid of al agencies would be used to letting caught using illegal enroll children who are eligible for coverage under Medicaid or Irugs and relies less on parents and more on friends in state programs but have mot He said many riaking important decisions. been signed up. Vice as many as iave no adult at home after if Nino-thickene- d he said, Iwking at the black-enwhere a vicious firestorm flatdesi nirt km m the lots all tened 26 homes and 74 other Glascock anumd him. structures Monday night t Mountain 6ftppmrimaie "We could just look out our Residents raced from their homes, grabbing what they fniT door ?nd see the fire. All of "A OSacr!rt0 could as they fled just steps the brushes near us were on MEV CAUF.X ahead of convulsing flames and fire," said Ethel Mier. grasping belching smoke. Many didn't her husband Don's hand. 1 "All we were able to grab was have time to grab their even 'Courrtv! V mm a picture of her and her father," pets. 1 learned Don Mier said. "And our Saxon Kathy - ft in his wife added, tears was home her Tuesday ashes. She said she was k- "I welling up in her eyes. Riverside County fe. AVwt 1W residents waited don't know quite what to do what happened to their learn where to to next go." AP Chuck Ravis' home was slill homes, a hodgepodge of mobile homes, preWestern states, including standing when he was allowed lit fab He into back area the imes and trailers spread Tuesday. Washington, Montana, Nevada four flats. the ver out his and and Idaho. family grabbed The most destructive fire dogs and a litter of cats Some slept on cots at a Red was in Riverside County's Monday. "I hopped in the car Cross shelter, some slept in Junior Hats, 85 miles south- and said, Mesus, t ake care of the their cars and others didn't east of downtown Los Angeles, place.' We were very fortunate," sleep at all. ORE xl IDAHO s med-k'atton- ." : - mini-nifmsioii- s, scrub-dotte- d :( nt Gore pushes government health coverage for uninsured children - chool. . dcTi LAllL MECKLER B Voung crccCi & mm The survey also concluded; who regularly Teens ttend religious services are nuch less likely to smoke ciga--: ettes. use marijuana or hang ut with people who drink and ise drugs. Teens who have never moked marijuana are more keh to eat dinner every night ,ith their parents and to rely n their parents' opinions. Pot mokers are more likely to ang out ""with friends after fchool arru less likely to listen tjo music or do homework after HOME FUXKmnNCS ADJUSTA-f.lAGI- families are unaware that their children qualify for health insurance. "Now. of course, we face perhaps an even tougher challenge; actually finding and enrolling the hardest to reach children," he said. ""Millions of children who are actually eligible for coverage remain without coverage" The Agriculture Department said it would encourage states to use the school lunch program which serves 15 million to sign up uninsured pupils children. The Housing and Urban Development Department plans to enlist housing authority workers and other people it deals with in spreading the word. Department Treasury employees who focus on programs, such as lh' Earned Income Tax Credit, will be asked to help enroll children low-inco- as well, and said the administration had approved three more states Delaware, Kansas and Iowa for the Children's Health Insurance lrogram. 1 Some million children hav no health insurance and almost as many have inadequate plans or live in places without enough doctors. 1 truce-defyin- ent organizations July 1991 ! truce. In his statement, Adams appealed for Northern Ireland leaders "to work pohtically to make the Omagh bombing the last violent incident in out J country." Blair expects his Laboi and Party opposition Conservatives to unite in approval of the bill, which will be debated and voted on in the two houses of parliament on Wednesday and Thursday before receiving royal assent from Queen Elizabeth II. ; This is an example of how use limited federal resources more creatively". Gore said. He also announced $1.6 million to renew health projects in rural communities we can ! Absolutely coon i:zz secur i!u cl ft ciliu C533 C: 7l23 111(1111 SELEcnoxoFnmiM MATTKESSES i WIRELESS ItEWOTt - s INSTANT CREDIT 1 School. NO " " May, OmOMMOM fami Has Mtioiiwids. RACnCXOF Teens who use one substance are more likely to use Inother. Smokers are moredrink and use mariiana; pot users are more like-to drink, : in systam chosa hy PKICESATA I don ducted Irust th sacurity 8005 TO CALL Kui-cscita- TIL iw ri Q s, 824 July, with 1,000 acbers and 822 principals; 'J 1 6 Convenient teen-ager- I anyone store for details) StOKt Locations To SgrvtYoul (m na-w- fci 2700 S. iiitttlllhilimJ ((7400 774-2S0- 0 1 r MSeSH Vr i MJ VJ L ant imc tU t UMt Ml dtiiiijiitii liWC I n I mi S9.SAIIUSI y. I I in nI s June and I M! xrww.uhOTin - M (I I i |