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[GALVESTON — A heroin
pict’s claim the commonly pre-
ibetl pain-killer Darvon can be
lected into the bloodstream has
mi verified by two toxicologists,
o fear the previously unreported
ise may be widespread.
II one drug addict knows how to
this, I’m sure dozens of people
know about it, said Dr. Walter J.
Decker, a professor of Pharmacol
ogy and Toxicology at the University
of Texas medical branch.
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among the members of the drug cult
and the fact that people have been
known to inject susbtances such as
mild peanut butter and ice water
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[TEA sets Hopson
question hearing
The Texas Education Agency has set a March 13 hearing date
concerning the school board’s termination of A6cM Consolidated
Superintendent Fred Hopson’s contract.
The hearing, which was requested by College Station resident
Oran Jones, will he at 9 a.m. in Austin. It is open to the public.
Jones, in a letter to the TEA, contends that the school board owes
district taxpayers a detailed explanation of Hopson’s termination.
The board terminated Hopson’s three-year contract on Nov. 20,
citing "disagreements concerning educational policy and policy im
plementation." A new contract, which ends June 30, was negotiated.
In a Jan. 19 letter, TEA stall attorney David Ryan requested the
school district to send to all of its records concerning the matter.
The district sent the minutes of three board meetings, a copy ol
Hopson’s original contract, a copy of the new contract, the board’s
policies concerning citizen appeals and a copy of the resolution an
nouncing Hopson’s removal.
’ Jack Wpocls, school district attorney, wrote in a cover letter in
cluded with the records, that the matter should he handled by the
school district since no law was broken.
He also contends that Jones has no legal interest in the matter and
(bat neither Hopson nor the hoard is contesting it.
Woods also argues that the matter is not within TEA jurisdiction
md should he dropped.
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people are willing to try almost any
thing for a thrill or pain relief, he
added.
Darvon, a drug usually taken or
ally for pain relief, has been under
attack by Ralph Nader and is being
investigated by the Food and Drug
Administration. Nader’s research
Darvon, a drug usually taken
orally for pain relief, has been
under attack by Ralph Nader
and is being investigated by the
Food and Drug Administration.
group claims the drug is the cause of
many accidental deaths.
The belief among scientists, and
supported by Eli Lilly & Co. of In
dianapolis, has been that Darvon
cannot be dissolved.
But Decker reported Monday he
and Mike Green, director of the
poison control center at UTMB,
have proved that theory wrong.
Green said a heroin addict con
tacted him last September and re
ported being able to circumvent the
non-dissolving properties of the tab
let and inject it into his veins, pro
ducing an immediate high.
The University of Texas medical
researchers said they duplicated the
dissolution in the lab, which sup
ported the addict’s contention.
Decker and Green said their only
contact with Lilly was to inform the
coating of Darvon, chemically
known as propoxyphene natsylate.
drug manufacturer about their re
search and ask what composed the
"By injecting propoxyphene, the
user can direct the drug almost im
mediately toward the central ner
vous system, ’ Decker said. "Any
number of factors can retard the ef
fect of tablets taken orally.”
The Texas researchers said more
than 30 million Darvon prescrip-
Texas researchers said injec
tion into the bloodstream car
ried a higher potential for mis-
tions were filled in 1977 with 528
deaths attributed directly to misuse.
They said injection into the
bloodstream carried a higher poten
tial for misuse.
They also said undissolved parti
cles of darvon could clog arteries.
Decker and Green said they
hoped the FDA would look into
their report, to be presented to a
meeting of the Society of Toxicology
in New Orleans next month.
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