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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (March 5, 1970)
Freedman: Mruska U.S. Sen. Roman Hruska Is playing politics with the na tion's drug problem, according to psychiatrist Daniel Freed man, feature speaker at the Governor's Conference on Drug Abuse Tuesday evening. The drug expert denounced the Dirksen-Hruska-Dodd bill pending before a House com mittee in Washington. THE BILL would give the U.S. Attorney General power to decide which drugs are harmful and can be banned and taken off the market at the at- Help Wanted Women: make surprising profits selling to friends In your dorm or sorority. Hurry only on girl per floor. Call 475-2124. Students help wanted, work part or full time In Lincoln. Guaranteed salary $50-100 per week. Must have ear. Scholarships available. Call collect 397-0377 Omaha between 9-2. Nile desk clerk. Ilpm to 7am, Wed., Thur. and Frl. Apply In parson Clayton House Motel. Part time office work, male bus. ad. stu dent, fresh, or soph, preferred. Must be able to work vacations. Community Sav'na Stamp Co. 238 No. 13. 432-1588. Part-time sales help needed In both men's and women's departments. Must have own transportation. Apply In person, Robert Halt Clothes. 4105 'O Street. Wanted: combination lead guitarist and slnqer needed Immediately for estab lished Lincoln combo. Combination of rock, blues, some country. Call 4J4-U24. JOB5I JOBS and more JOBSI Students, teachers. Stateside and International lobs. Recreational lobs; year-around lobs; summer obs. All occupations and trades. Enoy a vacation while you earn. Hurryl The beat lobs are taken early. Write: 'JOBS", Box 47J, Dept. CP92-I, Lodl, Cal. 95240. Items Offered 1964 Pontlac Catallna 4-door spdan. Fac tory air, steerlna, brakes. Very clean. Excellent condition, 4J4-5234. 1949 Kawasaki 120 Trail Bike, good con dition, 6-374 after 10pm. Barn dance of the Wesley Foundation. 640 N. 16th, o'clock Friday, March 4th. SpeJdel and McCartney callers ail students welcome. Coffee house will be open. INCOMB TAX PIOURBD, 477-050 noon to 4:10pm or 423-WMO after :30pm. Moving, must sell: Heavy 36" cable spool. Ideal for table. Also 41x6" boards and 1 concrete blocks ud as bookshelves. Priced tow to sell. 498-1144, Watch Repair. Two Day service. Campus Bookstore. 11 and R Stv Personals I love you, Mac. Wanted: 1 mat room-mate to share luxury apt. 857.50 per month. Call 4324266. Wanted: Male room mate. Ag. Student preferred, call 489-8471 after 9pm. Lost it Found Lost: Black onyx rlno lost In Lyman Hull. Sentimental value. Reward. 466 07)9. Head Nebraska n Want Aih (dlwsJ stamps Mai!? THURSDAY, MARCH 5, plays torney general's discretion. "The actual threat is that this will retard scientific research and substitute political propaganda for scien tific fact," said Freedman, University of Chicago Depart ment of Philosophy chairman. Dr. Freedman said this Is the problem with marijuana. The research on the facts about the drug were stopped by the federal government. He said it is impossible to educate the people if the facts are unavailable. IN THE DRUG problem, Freedman named two "epidemics". "One is the t 1970 THE ' ' iY f ' 77 i iLl : In h 3 I S .. it politics with epidemic of drug Interest; the other of drug trial and ex perimentation," he said. Freedman said the mass media made drug interest "fashionable." He feels the press has overreacted to drug usage. "The overreactionhas lesulted in legislative and social casualties," he added. People like Bud Wilkinson, "the President's expert on drugs," have great problems measuring the "epidemic" of drug interest. They are likely to believe half-truths because of the intense interest by the press, he said. THE SECOND epidemic is 1 : -4i.-.ww.aV-.-.-.4V..a .-Mt.i.x.h. L.a 6...N .- 4 ,.4 ...w a'-aM. DAILY NEBRASKAN drug trial and experimentation, he said. "The number of people in this category is far fewer than most people think," he added. On the relationship between marijuana and hard-core drugs, Freedman said there are no pharmacological con nections that make the use of marijuana lead to hard-core drug usage. "The connections are social, economical and psychological," he said. "The people who use mari juana to escape into a permanent dream world will go to the harder drugs," Freed man said. THE INTENTIONS of the V, 1A t NW I ; W l S : i : : ' , yV Y' i ,l. j j. '.- i. ' If ; : V. V. 4 ..K , 'V 5 PAGE 3 drugs user are important to un derstanding and gauging af fects. As long as it is used to escape temporarily, like alcohol is used, "I see no man datory connection," Freedman said. Freedman said the problem of using marijuana recrea tionally must be resolved the public. The dilemma Freedman saw was whether society wanted to "turn inward on grass" or "outward on booze." The danger is in the polarization of our society, ac cording to Freedman. He said, "If that happens, I have no doubt the Silent Majority will win." w h A- I . V ,M . ; wW I M 1 1
