SDAY, OCTOBER 28,1970

West Van Office WA2-3284

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AAarijuana Use A t
College Claimed
West Vancouver School Board is not doing
enough to curb marijuana use in Capilano
College, says Bill Clancey, recently-acclaimed
chairman of ''Parents Anonymous."
' In response to a charge from a member of
the audience at an organizational meeting of the
anti-drug group that students at the college "sit
in the halls and smoke marijuana freely,"
Clancey said "if someone is caught with it
they've got to be made an example."
"What is the school board doing about this?"
he asked.
Meeting was the first of the West Vancouver
chapter of the group, organized originally in Vancouver by Dan Giroday after his son Dennis
leaped to his death from a West End apartment building after taking LSD a year ago.
Giroday, guest speaker at the meeting, said
society has learned to cope with alcohol, but not
with m a r i j u a n a . Liquor, he said, can be
standardized, but marijuana can't because it is
illegal. He called for stiffer penalties against
those who sell marijuana.
Police Chief Moir MacBrayne, also present,
hinted that the drug problem is overestimated.

citing figures based on a study carried out by the
Narcotics Addiction Foundation which found
only a small percentage of high school students
had ever used drugs. An even smaller group used
them regularly.
" I can't say drugs are rampant in this
municipality," he said.
However, MacBrayne admitted marijuana is
cultivated in West Vancouver and said LDS is
manufactured in several places throughout the
province.
Audrey Sayles, later elected treasurer of the
group, said in a prepared statement that drug
pushers are "callous murderers" and "shadowy
merchants of hell." A prominent doctor, she
said, has seven patients "whose minds are gone"
as a result of drug use.
Chairman Clancey said after the meeting
Parents Anonymous plans to set up a "crisis
centre" where people with drug problems can
come for help. He said also the group will meet
with school officials and possibly arrange talks
at the schools by drug experts.
Parents Anonymous will meet again next
month.

Serious C h a r g e

I

There was an accusation made
at the inaugural meeting of
P a r e n t s Anonymous in West
Vancouver last week that some
Capilano College students have
been seen openly s m o k i n g
marijuana in the corridors of
West Vancouver Secondary
School.
It is a charge that Capilano
College Council and Principal Alf
Glenesk c a n n o t let go unchallenged. In fairness to local
taxpayers, who help finance operation of the College, they should
launch an immediate investigation if they have not already
done so.
It is i m p e r a t i v e that it be
ascertained if^there is any truth to
the allegations . . .
If there is, it should be expected
at quick and immediate steps

Hopefully, the College will be
found clean.
The good name of the College is
at stake. Parents will think twice
about wanting their children to
attend an institution where drugs,
hard or soft, might be readily
available.
The f o r m a t i o n of P a r e n t s
Anonymous should be welcomed.
It is a group of concerned parents
and others who will help combat
the drug menace on the North
Shore.
Certainly authorities can use all
the help they c a n g e t from
responsible citizens.
West Vancouver Police Chief
Moir MacBrayne has already
made it quite clear that he wants
more adults to aid police in their
continuing drive to cope with the