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The man said that so far as
he was concerned, women were
by far the worst offenders.
“They go into a store with those
purses of theirs and really fill
‘em up."

Store managers agreed that
purses are a popular repository
for stolen.goods. ~

The Terrace Co-op
spokesman said most people
they have caught have been
inebriates. He added that many
younger people and children
have been caught recently.

A man in the lower mainland
is reported to have stolen a 150
HP outboard motor in this
manner; He walked into the
Store and spoke briefly to the
assistant manager, asking
about some unrelated subject,
After making sure he had been
seen by one of the boys working
in the store, he dismissed the
assistant who promplly retired
io another part of the store. The
man [hen went over to the bay
and asked him to help him to his
tar with the outboard motor he
had just purchased. The clerk.
having no reason to doubt the
inlegrity af the man did so, and
the man drove off with the

Drug

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At best it is not good to take
any kind of drug illegally but to
shoot it (inject with needie) is
the worst he said.

‘Those who take an illegal
drug without knowing its full
chemical content don't know
what they’re letting themselves
in for.’

One of the major reasons for
the increase in syringe hepititis
is the use of drugs is a
‘social disease....pass the
bloody needle....share the
drug...mosl users don't like
taking a drug alone,’ he said.

Youngsters in this community
have very little to do during the
summer months and with little
to do comes experimentation
with drugs, he added.

"Long boring hours can tempt
the most conservative of

youngsters to experiment with

drugs to kill boredom,

motor, He had not paid for it.

And the methods goon and on
and on, but they are being
combatted.

Woolworths has hired
detectives to walk around in the
Store and keep an eye on the
customers, says store Manager

Dick Evans. They are called
professional shoppers, and are
unobtrusive. The staffis aware
of the problem, always keep
their eyes open.

Evans said that one #reat
asset to the fight against
shoplifters is the convex mirror,
several of which have been
installed in a number of Terrace
Stores.

Bryon Carr of Safeway said
that there are numereus ways
to fight the problem, and that
possibly the mast effective is to
get out on the floor, talk to and
be friendly with customers.

“Et really helps to talk to
people,” he said. “Many times
it will deter then from

stealing.”’

abuse

He said the schools should
also tighten their dicipline and
offer youngsters more things to,
do rather than let them out
early when nearing a vacation
period.

Although many documents
and books have been written
stating that the use of
marijuana does not lead to the
use of ‘harder’ drugs, the
concensus of youth interviewed
in a local holel says opposite.

While the majority do not
Sraduate to harder drugs, a
user of soft drugs-- weed, grass
and other local terms for
marijuana is more inclined to
go onto harder drugs (hana non-
Jser, including needles, they
say.

However one group spoken to
feel the illicit use of drugs by
Terrace teenagers and young

adults has passed its peak and. is.

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now subsiding.

They say relaxed
government drinking laws have
resulted in a heavier
dependence on ‘booze’ to pass
the time away,

Other groups say that the use
of drugs--especially harder
drugs (specd to chemicals)--is
on the increase now because
marijuana is currently difficult
to obtain, :

However all forecast a return
‘to the popular use of marijuana.
The high cost of marijuana is
another determining faetor in
‘drug use although a number of
adulls have expressed a desire
lo restock their supplies and

- other s voiced an ‘honest’
curiosity and will use and buy
the drug when it is again
availible.

Almost all drug users or
former users say that smoking,

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While interviewing users,

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adult would interject telling of
his iast experience with drugs.
Very few people condemned
marijuana but most didcondemn
the use of amphetamines and
ather halluccinogenic drugs,

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They sympathized with the
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and and said they were some of
the ‘heaviest users of speed in
Terrace.’

‘Parents psyche themselves
into thinking that their kids are

Stoned on booze when they're —

really stoned on drugs,’said one
youth.

The others laughingly agreed
saying that most parents prefer
the lesser of two evils although
any rational parent would know:
from the physical evidence
available that their children are
using drugs. :

Lack of youth-oriented
programs were blamed for the
occassional or frequent use of
drugs. ‘

The youths demands included.
a drop in type of coffee house,
live entertainment and dancing

problem

and others...‘not only sporting
activities like most adults think
would keep us happy.

Nol all of ts are keen on
sports--just a few--and
everybody thinks that once the
arena is built.the problem ‘is

solved and everyone stops using.

drugs,’ one youth said.

‘That's the kind of backward
thinking that offers a solution
for a few but nothing for the rest

‘of us,’

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