18—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 9, 1972
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by PETER G. HAMMOND
Executive Director, National
Coordinating Council on Drug Education
Announcing primary goals
is only the first function of
effective drug abuse preven
tion programs. The second
step is examining continuity
of messages and programs.
Are programs conceptually
building on each other? Is the
message appiopriate to the
age group and level of experi
mentation or use? Is the mes
sage consistent with what the
group is learning about other
subjects, like sex? Is it con
sistent with human behavior?
For example, we tell four
year olds, “Don’t cross the
My
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in pictures.
It was against cancer I
won that one too, because
I got a checkup m time You
might say I beat cancer to
the draw
So get a checkup Nag
someone you love into get
ting a checkup, too And
give money to the American
Cancer Society They’re
working to rid this world of
cancer once and for all
American
Cancer Society
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street.” When they are six
they learn about red lights,
green lights, and walk signs.
When they get a little older
they learn to ignore signs and
judge speed and distance of
on-coming cars before cross
ing. And when they are teen
agers they learn to jay walk
(usually by watching adult
examples).
Drug education should be
like that.
We shouldn’t overdose chil
dren with more information
than they need and, on the
other hand, we shouldn’t ex
pect children to change be
havior when useless or non
rclevent information is pre
sented. Now is the time to
begin conceptualizing and
outlining goals and proce
dures for reaching those
goals. Until this is done, we
will continue to flounder,
probably causing more harm
than good.
It was almost three years
ago that Art Linkletter’s drug
tragedy was front page news.
What has happened since then
is just as spectacular and far
more newsworthy.
Recently, in his final mes
sage as President of NCCDE,
he stated • “I’m amazed at the
tunnel vision of so many so
called drug experts, social
workers and drug users...
tunnel vision because they are
constantly interpreting the
answer to the drug problem
in terms of their own experi
ence ”
He went on to say that ef
forts founded purely on ex
perience tend to be narrow
minded panaceas. These are
words from a man who once
thought the solution to drug
abuse was beefed-up law en
forcement.
The revitalized Art Link
letter pointed to the con
frontation between the
materialism of his own gen
eration and the idealism of
the counter-culture. He spoke
of tolerance and understand
ing and change.
Like most people in drug
education, it w r as a heartfelt
response that started Mr.
Linkletter’s involment. But,
slowly and rationally, he chan
neled these emotions towards
constructive activity, the
most important, and yet the
least tangible.
New Marking System
For Accident-Prone
Locations Used in N. Y.
Computerized accident sur
veillance that is keyed to code
numbered reference markers
placed at roadsides is, accord
ing to State Commissioner of
Transportation, T. W. Parker,
“a significant development in
New York’s highway safety
program.”
The system, which Commis
sioner Parker hopes will re
duce accidents and fatalities,
was explained in a report on
the “State Of Our Roads ’’com
piled by Potters Industries,
Inc., makers of reflectorized
glass pavement spheres.
“Up until now,” says Com
missioner Parker, “it has
been difficult to identify high
accident locations in rural
areas because there were few,
if any, reference points with
which to tie in the accident.
By installing reference mark
ers at 1/10 mile intervals on
all 14,000 miles of State high
way,” he continues, “we in
effect have given every pos
sible accident location a ‘high
way address.’ Motorists, as
well as police, can record the
code numbers on the nearest
marker in the accident report.
“The information is fed
into a central computer, and
when an unusually high rat£
of accidents is found at cer
tain locations, we can make
prompt spot improvements—
signs, signals, pavement
markings, surface improve
ments, reconstruction, or take
other remedial action. More
importantly,” Commissioner
Parker states, “the value of
reference markers is not
limited to accidents. They
also provide accurate location
identification for reporting
disabled vehicles, potholes,
flooding and other highway
hazards which can aid in re
ducing accidents.
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Train accidents and result
ing casualties dropped sharply
in 1971 for the second con
secutive year, according to
the U.S. Department of
Transportation.
Call Us Now
To serve the Lancaster
County farm community bet
ter, we maintain two phone
ers and advertisers can also
•each us through 626-2191
(ask for Lancaster Farming)
and avoid a toll call from the
Akron, Ephrata and Man
heim exchanges.