A8 - Wednesday, October 26, 1983 - North Shore News

Police have tips for kids ©

for a safer Hallowe'en

NORTH SHORE police forces have a Hallowe’en
message — be cautious and stay safe.

Both North Vancouver
RCMP and the West Van-
couver police are issuing lists
of dos and don'ts for
Hallowe'en, next Monday.

Behind the list ts a pitch for
area youngsters to use com-
mon sense while taking part
in their traditional candy-

gathering treks through local
neighborhoods.

The ideal situation, police
say, ts for children to forgo
door-to-door trick or treating
in favor of neighborhood
parties. It’s safer and just as
much fun, police point out.

Those who have no

Cracking down
on the pickers

A NUMBER of North Shore youths face criminal
records and others were fortunate to have escaped

charges as police crack
magic mushrooms.

The fall crop of psilocybe
Mexicana - tiny mushrooms
that are powerful
hallucinogenics — is out now
and will be available over the
next few weeks.

With the coming of the
mushrooms has come a
stampede of youths tramping
over private and public pro-
perty in search of the natural
‘*high’’.

But since the spring of
1982, possession of the so-
called magic mushrooms has
been illegal, leaving those
caught with them liable to
fines of between $1,000 and
$5,000 and jail terms ranging
from six months to three
years.

Along with the change in
the legislation — before 1982
possession of the mushrooms

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down on those chasing

was not illegal — has come to
a police crackdown on those
using the mushrooms
throughout the province.
The mushrooms contain
the drug psilocybin which has
a variety of side-effects rang-
ing from an intense high to
dizziness, nausea and
vomiting. Trips can last for
several hours and while there
is no evidence the
mushrooms are physically
addicting, they are thought to
create a psychological depen-
dence in regular users.
Residents of the area are
asked to contact police when
they have mushroom pickers
foraging through their yards
and are warned that petty
thieves some times use
mushroom-picking as a cover
for studying a house as a
possible break-in target.

Take Your
Body To

neighborhood party to attend
can make their evenings safer
by following some simple
rules.

Children should be accom-
panied by an adult or an
older brother and sister and
should wear light-colored
costumes or ones that will
reflect light.

Flashlights should be car-
ried and children should wear
make-up instead of vision-
restricting masks. Where

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masks are worn, the eye holes
should be enlarged to im-
prove vision.

Children are encouraged to
cover one side of a street ata
time instead of zig-zagging
across the street and should
only across at intersections
after looking both ways.
Trick or treat only in your
own neighborhood and avoid

areas you are not familiar
with.

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