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Page 4/The Battalion/Friday, October 23, 1987
A&M researchers
re-evaluate safety
of amphetamines
By Lisa Dieterle
Reporter
Amphetamines, which have fallen
out of favor for weight control use,
may not be as dangerous as was once
thought, Texas A&M research sug
gests.
“The exciting question is whether
we can manipulate food intake and,
at the same time, avoid harmful side
effects to the brain,” Dr. P.J. Well
man, an A&M physiological psychol
ogist, said.
Wellman’s research may have un
covered new information about am
phetamines that would make them
safer as appetite suppressants.
Researchers have traditionally
found that rats given amphetamines
directly into their brains eat less than
their normal diet. However, new re
search shows low doses of ampheta
mines injected into rats’ stomachs
also may trigger an appetite sup
pression reaction, Wellman said.
“At such a small dose of the am
phetamine in the stomach, it has to
be the stomach is sensitive to the
drug and not the brain,” Wellman
said.
The rats given the appetite sup
pressant directly into their stomachs
ate 75 percent less than they nor
mally would, he said. The rats in
jected anywhere else ate only 20 per
cent less.
For the past 10 to 15 years, Well
man said, the social norm has been
to be lean. Health risks of being
overweight and society’s negative at
titude toward overweight people
have fed this view, he said.
Because of this norm, people try
any way possible to get lean. The re
search conducted may help find a
safer, more effective drug that will
help people lose weight as long as
they exercise and regulate food in
take, Wellman said. The ideal drug
would assist weight loss without
harmful side effects on the brain, he
said.
People take anorexic agents to
control their appetites, but these
drugs have many side effects which
sometimes are related to brain ac
tions, Wellman said.
For example, amphetamines,
which are stimulants, typically cause
hyperactivity and an elevation in
mood and, because of these side ef
fects, people tend to abuse them. Be
fore amphetamines were found to
be highly addictive, they were given
to overweight patients, he said.
Wellman said he hopes his re
search will eliminate the undesirable
side effects.
“Let’s find a pharmaceutical aid
that will combine with reducing food
intake and increasing exercise to
help people be more successful in
their efforts to lose weight,” he said.
Without the use of appetite sup
pressants, the best way to take off
and keep off weight, Wellman said,
is a balanced diet, exercise, behavior
modification and slow weight loss.
Detective gives taik
about alcohol, low
By Kimberly House
Reporter
The University Police Depart
ment’s Detective Burt Kretzschmar
told the audience at Rudder Foun
tain Thursday how to be responsible
drinkers. The Alcohol Awareness
program, sponsored by MSC com
mittees Political Forum and Great Is
sues, focused on alcohol, college stu
dents and the law.
“We’re not trying to promote pro-
hibition but responsibility,”
Kretzschmar said.
Kretzschmar said organizations
and individuals who serve alcohol
need to be aware that they can be lia
ble for their intoxicated guests’ ac
tions. To be held liable some harm
or injury must be proven and the or
ganization’s or person’s negligence
must have contributed to the injury.
“The best way to avoid liable suits
is to know the laws governing the
sale and consumption of alcohol and
enforce them,” Kretzschmar said.
Parties should include activities so
alcohol is not the primary focus,
Kretzschmar said. The host should
control the quantities of alcohol
served and should not serve intoxi
cated guests.
Kretzschmar told the audience
that some DWI laws in Texas have
changed and others added in the last
few years to make escaping the law
more difficult than before.
“If a person refuses to take a
breath test he will automatically lose
his license for 90 days,” Kretzschmar
said. “The refusal is now admissible
evidence in court.”
He said that before January 1984,
a blood alcohol level of 0.1 percent
was considered evidence but not
proof of intoxication; the prosecu
tors still had to prove the person was
drunk. Now it is considered proof of
intoxication. But even if the blood
alcohol level is below 0.1 percent a
person can be convicted of driving
while intoxicated if ‘mental and
physical faculties’ are impaired at a
lower blood alcohol level.
Films of DWI suspects may be
used as evidence in court, Kretzsch
mar said. He said DWI is a criminal
offense and the conviction can no
longer be wiped off your record.
A minor in possession of alcohol is
a misdemeanor with a fine of up to
$200. A minor commits this offense
if he possesses an alcoholic beverage
and he is not with a parent or guard
ian.
Kretzschmar said furnishing alco
hol to a minor is punishable by a
$100 to $500 fine. He said a fine of
$100 to $300 and/or a jail sentence
of one year is the punishment for a
first offense of selling alcohol to a
minor.
Possessing a manufactured driv
ers license is a felony, Kretzschmar
said, advising students to get rid of
them.
Possession of an altered drivers li
cense or use of someone else’s li
cense is a misdemenor.
Lisa Keyes, anchor person for
KBTX-TV, made some opening re
marks and said alcohol is the most
widely used and abused drug in
America. She introduced Kretzsch
mar, who said his experience during
three years with campus security has
exposed him to alcohol-related laws
and cases involving DWI and public
intoxication.
The forum was part of Alcohol
Awareness Week’s activities. The
program is a national effort.
What’s up
Friday
HILLEL, JEWISH STUDENT FOUNDATION; wiUmtti
8 p.m. at the Hillel Building, 800 Jersey St.
STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will have an infortnan.-
meeting at 1 p.m. in 701 Rudder.
UNITED CAMPUS MINISTRIES: will have a peanut-k:
fellowship at 11:30 a.m. at Rudder Fountain and a|
study at b:30 p.m. at the A&M Presbyterian Church.
TAMU BADMINTON CLUB: will practice at 7 p.m.it
G. Rollie White.
YELL PRACTICE: will be at midnight in Houston'sHeit;
Park.
CHESS CLUB: will have the third round of the tournait
at 7 p.m. in (507 Rudder.
THE ASSOCIATION OF GRADUATE WILDLIFE AS L
FISHERIES SCIENTISTS: Michael Mares, J. Bairdt,;
cott and John Robinson will discuss “Fragile Commui!
Ecological Perspectives in the Americas” at9a.m. inRi
der Theater.
TEXAS ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY: will have a mo
ing field trip at 6:30 a.m. and a paper session onTexasli
research at 1:30 p.m. at the Aggiefand Inn.
INTER VARSITY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: will m«
7 p.m. in 301 Rudder.
PHI ETA SIGMA NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY;is
cepting applications from qualified students until Ott
in 2 16 Pavilion.
MSC PAGEANT STAFF: Applications are available thro
Nov. 13 in 216 MSC.
Saturday
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pre-gospelfest musical:
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VOICES OF PRAISE: will hav
.m. at Aldersgate United
(wy. 6 in College Station.
Items for What’s Up should be submitted to TheBaltafe
216 Reed McDonald, no Jess than three workingdijs
fore desired publication date,
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scattered areas of rain.
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