Word: duponts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That optimism withered during 1974. Recently Dr. Robert DuPont, director of the President's Drug Abuse Prevention Office, said, "We're sure heroin use has gone up. Just how much we don't know, but it is getting worse." The prospect for 1975, he said, is "ominous." One measure is the number of heroin-related deaths. Between 1971 and 1973, that figure fell from 1,726 to 1,017. For the first half of 1974 alone, the death toll was 691. Applicants at treatment centers are also increasing. From July to September of last year, hospitals reported...
Shero's critics charge that he sends his men onto the ice looking for a fight. Opponents point to the presence of three "enforcers" in the Flyer lineup-Defense Man Andre ("Moose") Dupont and Wings Bob ("the Hound") Kelly and Dave ("the Hammer") Shultz. That trio seem to swing more at opponents than at the puck. Shultz set a league record of his own last season by occupying the penalty box for 348 minutes, the equivalent of almost six full games. (This year may be worse. He already has accumulated more than 200 penalty minutes...
Shero offers no apologies. Of Dupont, Kelly and Shultz, he says, "I've been blessed with their abrasive natures. They make other teams wary and cautious." As for the Flyers' penchant for penalties, he explains, "we get more because we scrap more. We get into more fights because we check closer and make more contact." Indeed, hard contact is the heart of Shero's tactical philosophy: "I don't have any use for a player who only looks for the puck in open space. He has to be willing to make contact, to use his stick...
...Consequences. Other experiments noted in the report show that pot smoking has an adverse effect on drivers' coordination and perception, making them more likely to have accidents. There is further research indicating that pot may make smokers more prone to disease by interfering with the immune system. Concludes DuPont: "The health consequences of marijuana are unknown at this point and potentially quite severe...
...DuPont acknowledges that considerable research must still be done to confirm these preliminary findings and determine if marijuana is, in fact, harmful. But until the questions raised in the report are answered, he urges abstinence...