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NEWS phate Terry Peters

SUSAN LEYLAND wears her heart on her sleeve — and everywhere else for that matter.
Leyland, accompanied by banner-bearing Heart Foundation volunteers, popped up on the
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A3 - Sunday, February 12, 1984 - North Shore News:

OA WEDNESDAY forum on the problems. of drug
and alcohol. abuse in West Vancouver ended with
an admonition that the 100 or so people on hand

spread the word about the seriousness of the

problem.

By NEWS STAFF .

West

seriousness of the drug and

alcohol problem and ways of .".

fighting it.

Humphreys was moderator

for @ panel of six experts —

three doctors, the executive.

director of a

treatment

association, a policeman and’

a high school principal —
who spent three hours ad-
dressing the problem and
answering questions from the
audience.

Only slightly more than
100 people ~were on hand for
the session, with the audience
fairly evenly split between
teenagers and adults.

Dr. Clement Williams, the
organizer of the group that
put the meeting together and
the lead-off speaker,
challenged the community to
devise local strategies to
tackle local problems.

**Alcoho! and drug abuse
is Our number one social pro-
blem and our number one
preventable cause of disease
and injury,”"" Dr. Williams
said.

**We must do much more,
much better. Local initiatives
tailored to local problems will
get the results °°

Key statements from other

speakers.
Dr. Allan Connolley,
alcohol “and drug abuse

counsellor: ** There is a direct
correlation between the
lowering of the drinking age
and the increased number of
dead young people.

Vancouver Mayor ”
Derrick Humphreys issued ':
the challenge at the end of a
public meeting on the.

DR. C. WILLIAMS |
... #1 problem

‘*In the long run, those of
us who are critical of abuse
must demonstrate a better,
more lasting way to enjoy life
than drugs.”’

Sgt. Gunther Walls, West
Vancouver Police: ‘‘In B.C.
the most serious crime com-
mitted is by the impaired
driver. In the last five years,
impaired drivers have Injured
35,000 people and killed
1,000..

**Alcohol and drugs are the
largest problem police forces
face. We need better enforce-
ment, stiffer penalties and
better education.”’

John Williams, West Van
Secondary principal: ‘‘Bet-
ween 8:30 and 3:30 the use of
drugs and alcohol in schools
is almost non-existent, What
concerns me \|s alcohol use
during weekends.

“Drug and alcohol abuse
(by students) appears to be

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