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ween $40-50,000.
John (not his real name), 32, holds
high-level management position in th
Fresno area where he earns S40.000
year. In 1984, John spent half of that o
his problem—cocaine.
He started using the drug recrcationall
eight years ago."
than just a recreational    kicking drug dependency.
'    life begin to        "They're [addicts] looking for
creet, confidential approach, and I v.».
phasize one that works," said Hill. The
cost of the six-month program, Hill says,
ddict would
This undis¬
closed cost is discussed at the introductory
thing.   Your  priorities
change so that you're not dealing with
reality but a synthetic escape. Coke '
easy way to obtain self-gratifii
John's got a problem. ~»-v   «-,  . «,	
But he realizes it and is battling that    takes more effort to go to a park with your    is approximately what
'  cost him bet-   girlfriend and a dog. That's why there's    spend in three weeks' i
always the desire."
John realized he could no longer curb
his use of cocaine alone and sought pro¬
fessional help through Rediscovery, a
cocaine addiction program. That was two
months ago.
Today, John says he's a better man
because of the counseling. But he
is brought up in thedrugcu
the '60s, so it was something else to iry,
said John. "But after about five years, I
noticed it was becoming more important
of   he's got a long way to go in conquering his
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addict
John is just one of many who are seek¬
ing out Rediscovery for relief from their
habits. One of the treatment systems for
cocaine abuse offered through Rediscov¬
ery, a private business, is the New Horiz¬
ons approach, which is relatively new to
the Fresno area. Cocaine users can call
435-COKE for referral to a licensed or
registered mental health professional for
counseling.
One of several confidential Rediscovery
counseling locations in Fresno is surrepti-
tously tucked away in a modest West
Shaw Avenue office complex, hidden from
society's prying eyes. The exterior lacks
placards or signs to draw walk--
The New Horizons program was founded
in the Los Angeles area in 1980 by a
former cocaine user who became disen¬
chanted with existing treatment methods.
He took an out-patient approach, elimi¬
nating expensive and time-consuming
hospitalization methods.
Hill says New Horizons has several key
advantages over the other types. The main
one, he says, is that the patient is able to
continue with his or her daily life without
having to account for lengthy absences
from work, family or friends. Confiden¬
tiality is given a very high priority. Coun¬
seling is also on a one-to-one basis, adapt¬
ing the program to the patient's needs.
There is no group therapy.
"We evaluate every client individually
during the free introductory session and
see if they will fit the program," said Hill.
"The focus is on teaching our clients skills
to effectively overcome and deal with
cocaine addiction." Hill also said that
Rediscovery also counsels on abuse of
therapy and or hospitali
During the first week of therapy, the
addict is counseled dally, where skills
taught to combat and overcome the
dependency. The next three weeks art
spent applying the skills. The patient jj
counseled two to three times a week dur.
ing this period. Thereafter, the session
dwindle to once or twice a week as tht
patient gains confidence in his ability to
make the program work.
"The process involves increasing await.
MM about their drug-taking and in pa
how they are going to stop and what
preventing them from stopping,"said Hill.
"We don't require them to change their
drug using environment. We teach then
how to deal with the urge to use the drtt|
within that environment. The problems
not their environment and friends. It's the
They themselves need to regain
of the most bold, dramatic and    deeply persuaded concerning the validity
— experiments in the history of    of his observations Ini sure the good doc-
'-•■-»-*-'-•-    ■■    tor spent many sleepless nights before it
became apparent that Jimmy wa.yout of
itrol."
parking lot, away from other drugs, but cocaine is their specialty,
the bustle of heavy afternoon traffic, sits a The New Horizons program claims that
late model Mercedes sedan. The couple in its short  history, 78  percent of all
who arrived in it are taking part in a free patients have not resumed cocaine use six
introductory session. months after completing the program.
Once inside, patients are greeted by a New Horizons's popularity is spreading
simple, separate waiting room adjoining a nationwide with clinics  operating in
counseling room. In the counseling room, Oregon, several in, the Bay Area, Los
several exits are available to the patient, Angeles and San Diego with others soon
providing  optimum confidentiality and to open in New York, Hawaii, Florida and
secrecy.  Clients in the waiting room Texas.'
never see those being counseled and vice- "We arc the first and only program :-
versa. This office, providing the perfect "             "    '
protection for those afraid of "bcingfound in out-patient
out," is where Dave Hill does his counsel- diction," said Hill. "The majority of other
ing, using the New Horizons method of drug treatment programs call for group
During his two months of counseling,
John has felt the urge to use cocaine again
but has found the inner strength to refrain,
he said.
"I don't use now," John said or
day. "Sometimes the desire to use
still be there. I've actually played
'and smelled it and looked at the advia-j
tages of not using it and the good thing
that would come out of it."
"I've noticed a lot of behaviors!
changes," said John of his past eight
weeks. "Life is a lot more meaningful. Ito
dealing with people instead of i
stance. But I've got a long way to go: Two
months is peanuts compared to (he
my life. It was easier the first few weeks. h|
gets harder as time goes on."
"Part of the real emphasis of the pro-j
gram is to give them skills to fight it for tht]
rest of their life," said Hill. "The desirefaif
the substance will reemerge.  But
 . t r._D     time, the intensity and frequency of desimj
he San Joaquin Valley that's specializing    f°r «he dru8 decreases. If someone maka
it three months that's a good indication.!
the history of the world
would not even have been allowed to
happen today. The scene is played out in
(he hitle village of Berkeley in the south of
England—distant from the great medical
center of London.
Edward Jenner, a forty-seven-year-old
physician has observed in his practice that
the milkmaids who got the benign illness
cowpox seemed to be spared the dread
plague of smallpox. In 1796 he inoculated
little Jimmy  Phippi
boy. with pus from a cowpox lesion. I
wonder what Jimmy's mother thought.
Was Jimmy an orphan or was his mother
a widow or poor or both that she would
allow such a thing?
Dr Jenner's boldness did not end there.
He did not wait to see if young James
vould grow up free of smallpox. Several
vecks later he injected the boy with smal-
pox   Even though he must have been
Health
Today such a proposal would never
survive passage through a committee for
the protection of human rights in research
. ,j    and can you imagine what an "informed
ight-year-old    consent" document would look like for
How grateful we are today for the cour¬
age and persistence of Dr. Jenner. With
his daring and successful experiment
behind him he went on to popularize the
procedure, laying the foundation for the
science of immunology. His method spread
widely and in 1967 was applied on a
worldwide scale by the World Health
Organization resulting in the 1979 decla-
Now w         W       *" ,mallP03t-f««- The importance of rubella is that its
„,,,,„        .uve m M »«* ar>d » country occurrence in pregnant women can cause
wnere we have been almost completely the congenital rubella syndrome, which
dZHt^T ,h.e™v"8"of P°li<»»yelitis, a may encompass fetal death, blindness,
«n?™.        a?             childhood of my deafness, heart disease and othercongeni-
fCTh, f- . feT U,,ered bodie» remind wI malformations. As men can unwit-
itte »«?«!!? 'hadesof.tnat ^dfought tingly transmit the illness to a pregnant
midst. Within the woman it is important that both sexes be
"•ral other signifi- immunized. Mumps also can cause dis-
<mong them are comfort and at times dangerous complica-
battle
grasp of victory
cant but lesser scurges,	
tetanus, diphtheria, whooping .„„.„
measles, mumps, rubella. Worldwide, the
WHO estimates 1.5 million children still
die from measles each year. It can be
tions, especially for men. Two and a h.
years have passed since that target date for
elimination of measles was set for October,
1982. In the meantime outbreaks o
higherinHH, * a,PP^™ ,0 fa " puses secm ,0 tave increased. Although
thfdiUJ °f comPhcati<»" when there has been a dramatic reduction in "
he disease occurs,n the college age group, number of cases it
-L^f     yfars there have been several
tbreaks on college campuses
------ rJntcr for Disease Control and
the American College Health Association
recommend strongly that emphasis be
given to ensuring a college population
properly Immunized against measles and
Hmong class offers cultural understanding
By Maria Carta*
Staff Writer
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ass offered through the department
nded education called "The Hmong
nsition" will focus on the culture
nguage of a people who were this
y's strongest fighting ally in the
m War yet are often treated like
led visitors in a strange land.
Fresno area has about 20.000
g. the largest concentration of this
;ast Asian people, according to the
Barbara.ChristL The
ig fled from the country of Laos at
id Christl, director of
refugee services for the  Fresno  Adult
School.
Christl, who teaches the class, said the
Hmong, who lived as a preliterate, agrarian
hill tribe in Laos, were a target of the
the Hmong often group tht
from other countrii
where there are man
religions than there	
"Most people perceive them to all be the
same if they're a Southeast Asian refugee.
The Hmong are preliterate and the Viet-
"The Hmong are preliterate   3S^«s^SSSm!£
and the Vietnamese are, by      languages isjike the_difference between
and large,
college-educated."
still with a
What then are the specific immuniza¬
tions the college student should have? The
requirements set forth by the County of
Los Angeles for entering freshmen pro¬
vide an excellent guide.
They demand documentation of im¬
munity to Tetanus/Diphtheria, Polio, •
Measles and Rubella. Mumps is recom¬
mended, i.
We urge you to share in the effort to
eliminate these diseases. The Health
with people    Department provides us with a very safe
Southeast Asia    effective triple vaccine against measles,
■e languages and    mumps and rubella. You get the works in
intri~ one shot. These are provided for students,
free of charge, at the Student Health Cen¬
ter. Get it, one and all! If you have had one
or two of these before, there is no harm at
all getting a repeat dose.
CSUF Today
Alpha Delta Sigma, the CSUF Adver¬
tising Club, meets tonight at 8 p.m. in the
^College Union room 308. Patty Adams,
cling director at Jeffrey Scott Adver-
will speak on how to put together a
ie.  A  short general  meeting will
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Interviews Thursday February 21 at 4:00 pm.
At the new location, Cedar & Shaw, next to Wilikers
S U F Enology Society will host a
ling tonight at 7 p.m. in the cam-
cry located on Barstow across
! water tower. Everyone'is wel-
■aiing is limited to 60.
.YES!.
conquering North Vietnamese because of
their close relationship with the opposing
United States troops. She said the CIA
made an agreement with the Hmong that
they would be taken care of after the war
in exchange for their loyalty.
"At the time we pulled out of Vietnam,
some of the [Hmong] leaders were evac¬
uated, but basically the people were just
left and we did not carry through with the
t we made with them,"Christl
English and Swahili.'
"We want to get people to realize what
their real situation is; that they dont think
being on welfare is a day at the beach.
They're very Independent people — hard-
workers, eager to learn, eager to become
assimilated — but it's a long processvYou
cant take a plane ride from the 14th
century to today and get it all together in
six months," she said.
The class will be offered Feb. 22 and 23.
More information is available bv callinc
294-2524. *
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The Hmong who escaped the attempted
genocide against them crossed the river
i nt o Thailand where they were given shelter,
but not much else, said Christl.
"These people are those that made it
 into Thailand and they're not here by
TRI-BETA presents a seminar by Dr.    choice—they had nochoice. Itwascitherdie
"in H.Weiler, professor of plant science,    or come here; and I havent talked to
•u: lopic of "Cloning: The old and    anyone yet that wouldn't love to be back
n Ed-Psych room 2J9 B at 12 p.m.    in tbeirown country," Christl said.
tcrested students and faculty are        Christl said the idea for the class came
ne. about because she is constantly receiving
calls from other people working with the
The Geography Club presents Icelandic    Hmong who need information about them.
les by professor Chester Cole tonight in "    One problem, she said, is that teachers,
" e";        room 147 at 7:30 p.m. religious leaders and others trying to help
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