Younger
-derelicts
today

HALIFAX (CP) — Recent
studies in this historic port

city have shaken the -

foundations of some of the
established thoughts of
some social scientists. -

A Dalhousie University
sociology d ment study
has found that more than

half of the 827 people.

labelled by Halifax au-
thorities as derelicts were
under the age of 30. .

It had previously been as-
sumed that almost all of
them would be older.

An over-dependence on
handouts, high.

unemployment and heavy
use 0 ilhett

for the problem. =;
Another study found that
of a sample of 100 high-

school students under the |

I ing age, 83 per
legal said ley Thad been:
drunk at least once and

more’ than half said they

were drunk at least once a
mae majority said they ob-
e majority sail o
tained thelr liquor from
retail liquor outlets run by

the province, taverns,
beverage rooms and
lounges

Research to determine
that kind of information is
important in helping to
understand and deal with
community problema,
David Leitch, the man who
coordinated the studies,

Says.

The “foot-work”’ is done
by students from Leitch’s
cia

ss. who, in order to.

qualify for a course credit,
must do volunteer work for
eight .months with a
community service, usually
the 24-hour Help Line coun-

service.
Few organizations have

cit narcotics were «
traced as the main reasons -

THE TOWNSMAN, Thursday, June 28, 1977 ‘PAGE 9,

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