Page 32, November 22, 1978 - North Shore News

amy reliable study-reports
available to you on the
percentage . of population
marijuana-users? Let us say

for the year 1977 as com- ‘

pared to ' 1967. Im other
words, do you know if there
is a Isrger or smaller per-
cemtage of Canadians who
are smoking dope now than

there was tem years ago? A |

lot of my friends and

acquaintamces. seem to he

easing away from the soft-
drug scene. Es that just true
in some isolated instances,
like mine? Or do I have
reason to believe that the use
_of soft drugs is more wide-
spread than ever?

STEWART: Why not ex-
plore your |
under the heading of
GOVERNMENT? You will

find various offices or —

commissions that are

concerned wtih drugs, under |

the B.C. and Federal listings

and I feel sure you will be-

given the information you
are seeking.

On the other hand, if you
are. just curious about my

Own opinion on the matter .

you raise, allow me first of
all to warm you -that my

opinion is utterly | worthless.

to you, in that it is not basd
on any knowledge. Having
said that, I don’t mind
sharing with you my hunches
on the subject. My guess is
that smoking dope is

QUESTION: Do you have

_- QUESTION:

Wm feeling very upset

about a relationship I have
with my doctor. (He doesn't
live on the North Shore, so

. he will not see this letter.) At
atime when my bill had

gotten pretty big, he

- suggested I could pay him in
a way other than money. He »

knew that I do some painting
and he agreed to cancel out

my bill if I would paint him

. gm outdoor scene that he

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probably more wide-spread’

than ever.

By the way, I hope you
don’t want to find out which
‘way the trend is going in
order to help you decide
about quitting, or about
starting!

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Never mind __ the.
_public’s trend:.Get chummy

could hang im his office. I

was quite touched by his

imferest and comcemm and

- very gratefully accepted his
plan. Now, the trouble is, I

paint only when I. feel in-
spired and I just seem unable

| to get at his painting.

cir-|

Because of the

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and see him. or write him a

cumstances, I have tried real
hard to do his painting, but it

won't come! I'm beginning
to feel very guilty because it
has been several months.
Moreover, my health has
been so much better that I

frave not made any ap-
. pointments sincz, nor have I

been in touch with him. i'm
afraid he'll ¢4ink I have gone
to another doctor because I

want to get out of paying his

bill or painting his picture.
What to do?

STEWART: .
Some artists find it very
hard to paint on order. I

think he’ll understand. Let

him know how you feel.
Take a deep breath and go in

silken honey/walnut

letter. Be sure to let him
know you have been feeling .
‘well and have not been’
avoiding him.

It seems to me very im-
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Don’t let the frustration drag -
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You ‘might even “show him
the letter you wrote for. this

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