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Page 28, March 18. 1979 - Sunday News

A little girl in Sierra Leone

‘has: recently acquired a
second’ ‘‘Mother’’ on the
North Shore. a

Eight-year-old . Lamina

Turay has been adopted by
Shela Wray of North
Vancouver under the Foster
Parents Plan of Canada and
Ms. Wray’s monthly contri-
' bution of $19 brings help not
only to Lamina but to every
member of her family.
' The $19 a month provides
the family with a monthly
cash grant oor material
benefits, freé miedical and
dental care, free prescrip-
tions, the sustained guidance
and counselling of social
workers and the benefits of
many special programs.

All Foster Children and
their brothers and sisters,
age permitting, are  en-
couraged to attend school.
Where suitable, vocational
training courses are made
available, free of charge, for

Foster Children, their
brothers and sisters, and
where practical, their

parents.
. to,
The objective is to provide

the family with the tools to
help them become independ-

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ent and self-supporting. All

Out-of-date drugs
ison you

can p

Prescription drugs that
had been in homes for as
long as 28 years—a poten-
tially dangerous situation—
were turned in for destruc-
tion as a result of last fall’s
poison prevention campaign.

However, Health Minister
Bob McClelland said last
week: ‘‘Poison Prevention
Program °78’’ did not yield
as many old prescriptions as
he would have liked. But he
added: ‘‘We made a start in
warning the public of the
risks of keeping old unused
medications in their homes.”*

Organized by the College
of Pharmacists in co-
operation with the B.C. Drug
and Poison Information
Centre and the Ministry of

Health, the campaign was
assisted by about 400
pharmacies throughout the
province. People were
invited to return their old
prescriptions, and = leave

them in cannisters in which
they were incinerated.

As an additional incentive,
the campaign included a
draw on a Mexican holiday
for two.

Many people deposited
unwanted = prescriptions — in

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programs are adapted to the
needs of each country and
lately

the whole community can
benefit, particularly through
mass inoculations and similar
services.

Foster Parents and Foster
Children correspond regular-
ly. (letters are translated by
Foster Parent Plan workers)
and often develop warmand
affectionate relationships .
which mean as much to the
child as the material and
financial aid.

Foster Parents Plan is
currently working in seven-
teen countries in South
America, Central America,
‘Asia and Africa. © Over
100,000 children are current-
ly being aided by individuals,
groups and families in
Canada, Australia, The
Netherlands and U.S.A.

For more information on
this non-profit,
non-political
independent organization,
write to Foster Parents Plan
of Canada, 153 St. Clair
Avenue West, Toronto,
Ontario, M4V 1P8, or call
toll-free anytime, 1-800-268-
7174.

the special containers with-
out identifying themselves,
or filling out contest forms.
The 2,285 who registered
helped destroy prescriptions
that dated as far back as
1950. Most of the drugs,
however, were issued
between 1976 to early 1978.

‘“‘We wanted to make
people more aware that old,
unused medications should
be destroyed because of the.
poisoning risk they pose,”’
explained the health
minister. **In addition, some-
times people tend to diag-
nose their own illnesses and
decide to consume _— the
unused portion of: an old

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Til March 24th Only_
Look For The Red Dots .
Pantsuits - Dresses - Outfits
1 at Reg. Price - 2nd item of the Same Value or
Less at$4.00 - .

Long Sleeve T-shirts - Sweaters
ties away,”” said McClelland. 1 at Reg. Price - 2nd One at $2.00

“But frankly, old medica- On Fall & Wi /.
tions are not worth the risk.
_ All Sales Final

They increase the risk of

prescription, a practice that
also can Jhave serious impli-
cations.’

McClelland said a signifi-
cant portion of the returned
prescriptions were for child-
ren 10 years and under.
Children’s unused medica-
tion can be _~ especially
dangerous as children might

recognize it as ‘‘their
medicine,’’ particularly if it
is palatable, and take it

without supervision.

“With the high cost of
many prescription drugs, |
suppose it's understandable
that some people are reluc-
tant to throw unused quanti:

poisonings, and they often
lose their effectiveness if
kept.""

The minister said one of
the most‘disturbing pieces of
data gleaned from the
campaign was that only 20
per cent of the returned
prescriptions were sedatives,
tranquillizers or hypnotics.
“This is a low return rate
because more than 50 per
cent of the  poisonings
treated in B.C.’s_ hospitals
are caused by drugs in that
group,’’ he commented. .

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