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’ West Vancouver ‘Mayor.
‘Derrick: Humphreys. issued.
‘the. challenge at the end of a
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eriousness..of the drug. and.
alcohol problem and ways of
fighting it.

Humphreys was moderator

-for-a 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 ogether and
the lead-off speaker,
challenged the community to
devise local strategies to
tackle local problems.

“Alcohol 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.

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“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 alcoho! In schools
is almost non-existent. What
concerns me is alcohol use
during weekends.

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