A7 - Sunday, March 11, 1984 - North Shore News H mailbox ><| Alcoholism could be hereditary Dear Editor Re. Hayden Stewart’s arti- cle (Wed., Feb. 29th) ‘*Alcoholism isn’t in- herited’’! would like to sug- gest to Mr. Stewart that he take some time to do contem- porary research on the sub- ject of alcoholism. If he did he’d discover that there is a considerable amount of data pointing to the genetic transfer of addiction. He was correct in pointing out that not all offspring of an alcoholic parent turn out to be alcoholics. However, there is a very high probability for the child to become involved in a mood altering drug dependency as a young adult. A Dr. MacKenzie from Montreal has done extensive research on the subject of alcoholism in the family. He has been able to develop an assessment technique that can evaluate a_ child’s potential. Doctors Chris Fibiger and Tony Phillips from the University of British Colum- bia are doing extensive research into the biochemical aspects of addiction. Some of this research, which is also being carried out in Houston, Texas, points to genetic transfer possibilities. Although there are two recognized theortes: the il- Iness model and the behavioural model, concern- ing addiction, there is more and more pointing to a third viable model. That third alternative is the biochemical model and that model cer- tainly answers a lot of previously inexplicable pro- blems around an individual’s proclivity towards drug addiction. 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We have heard a number of traf- fic counts regarding the pre- sent situation but no one seems to be looking carefully at the map to see what the result of this extension would be. {i have taken the actual distances from Lonsdale and Upper Levels to Capilano and Montroyal and find it is 1.4 km. shorter and is more direct by the Lonsdale- Montroyai extension. Just as water flows through the path of least resistance, traffic soon finds the shortest, most convenient route. As you can see by the enclosed map, the Lonsdale-Montroyal route will soon be the preferred route to all the area circled in yellow, for all traffic originating from the West of Lonsdale. While in this letter [ am writing personally, the Upper Lonsdale Ratepayers Association spoke strongly against the proposal and is completely opposed to it. The bottleneck at the top of Lonsdale and Rockland would be immense, due to the congestion and topography and this short stretch would become extremely dangerous. There are other, better ways to connect the relatively minor problem of the Madeley-Norwood residents. Alderman Clark, at the coun- cil meeting actually proposed one which [| personally felt had merit but it was voted down immediately by a coun- cil which seems to have already made up its mind to push this extension through without regard to the im- mense damage it seems likely to cause to the Lonsdale- Montroyal corridor. Ernest A. Hoe North Vancouver Tax-payer’s duty is to support ali schools Dear Editor: The letter from Michael Steig in Mailbox of February 26th raises some interesting questions about the public school system in British Col- umbia. Mr. Steig states that the parent is willing to pay from $2,000 to $3,000 each year for the child’s education in the private school which will provide a lower pupil/teacher ratio, music, art and computer training which cost a lot of money. 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