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Monday, November 17, 1986 Daily Nebraskan ImidMain smlbsteiriice abuse Professor: Durg- and alcohol-treatment programs weak Page 3 By Mary Nell Westbrook Staff Reporter Treatment programs have not helped curtail an increase in alcohol and drug abuse and in serious crimes among Native Americans, a UNL professor said last week. Early prevention is the key to stopping drug and alcohol abuse, which often leads to crime, said Elizabeth Grobsmith at a Center for Great Plains Studies seminar. Grobsmith, a UNL associate professor of anthropology, conducted a study, of 102 jailed Native Americans from 15 tribes. She found that 90 to 100 percent of the crimes committed were drug and alcohol-related. Treatment programs have failed be cause of the absence of negative sanc tions against drunkenness in Indian society, she said. Sixty-two percent of those studied said a person should forgive and forget what another person .did while drunk. "The Indians feel no shame in being drunk," Grobsmith said. Programs such as Alcoholics Anony mous haven't worked because many Indians don't want to get up in front of others, she said. The failure of treatment programs and an increase in alcohol and drug use among the young Native American have swung the pendulum of efforts from treatment to prevention. The roots of the problems begin at a young age, she said. "More Indian youth use drugs and alcohol than American youth," Grob smith said. The average age of a Native Ameri can's arrest is 15.6. Some are arrested as early as age 8, she said. The juvenile justice system has been ineffective, Grobsmith said, because 7 ) Pol r X . f'f) The Clipper Hairstyling for those who care 125 North 12th Street 474-4455 Lincoln, NE 68508 Mon. Fit 8 a.m.- 8 p.m. Sat. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 14th & P MON: 474-7625 TUES: Grobsmith Doug CarrollDaily Nebraskan Indian youth arrested for drinking are sent home to drunk parents where the problem began. Most Native Ameri can youth have alcoholic or physically and mentally abusive parents. "Parents who are drunk can hardly teach their children the perils of alcohol," Grobsmith said. Tribal planning efforts, aimed mostly at children, have been set up to combat the problem. A $5 million appropriation from Con gress specifically for substance-abuse prevention is hoped to be granted to the Native Americans. "It's reallyjust a drop in the bucket. It won't pay for much but it will allow tribes to start their own programs," Grobsmith said. WED: Hersti criticizes Reagan's politics Monday Night Football 25f Pitchers (beer or pop) "with food purchase Special Begins at 6:00 p.m. Twilight Tuesday $2,00 OFF Large or -$1.00 OFF Med. Small Special Begins at 5:30 p.m. Crazy Wednesday Look Crazy with Rocky Glasses But: Show us a picture first. ALL DAY HERSH from Paget ... for the West German disco bombing, he said. Reagan told the media he ordered the bombing of Libya to thwart future acts of terrorism, Hersh said. There was some question "whether we had targeted Gadhafi personally or if the bomb just happened to fall on his tent," Hersh said. He questioned whether there is a difference between "state-sponsored" and other kinds of terrorism. In August, the White House decided to send false reports to the press that the United States was planning to bomb Libya again, Hersh said. But Rea gan did not regard speculations on Gadhafi's possible retaliations if he heard these reports, he said. Hersh is now a free-lance investiga tive reporter and national correspond ent for the "Atlantic Monthly." He won a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting in 1970 for the uncovering of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam. He has also won the Polk Award, the Scribbs Howard Public Service Award and the Zenger Freedom of the Press Award for his investigation of the CIA's involve ment in the overthrow of Chile. 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