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WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite its evil image, new
research suggests that nicotine is a surprisingly potent drug
for a variety of diseases that afflict the brain, including
Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Tourette’s syndrome.
Many small studies over the past decade have ex
plored the possible benefits of this ubiquitous drug.
But the field appears to be taking on fresh life as doc
tors test nicotine patches for neurological diseases in
both children and the elderly, and drug companies
race to concoct nicotine substitutes that carry fewer
side effects.
At a conference Monday, doctors said the field’s first
gold-standard study suggests the patch shows real
promise in children with Tourette’s syndrome, a strange
affliction in which victims are beset by spates of tics,
shouted obscenities and violent urges.
Nicotine has many drawbacks, including its unsa
vory reputation as the addictive grabber in cigarettes.
Some experts believe nicotine’s real future is in fake
forms of the drug.
“The problem with nicotine is that it is nicotine.
You’re asking parents to put their kids on nicotine,” Dr.
Paul R. Sanberg of the University of South Florida, who
has tested the drug on more than 100 young Tourette’s
patients, said.
Typically, doctors treat Tourette’s with Haldol, a
powerful tranquilizer that is also used against schizo
phrenia. In the latest study, Sanberg and colleagues
combined nicotine patches and Haldol in 70 children,
half of whom got dummy patches.
The study found those on nicotine did better and
“The data suggests that
a low-dose nicotine
patch may he useful in
Tourette's syndrome.”
— Dr. Paul R. Sandberg
University of South Florida
were able to control their symptoms with lower than
usual doses of Haldol. “The data suggest that a low-
dose nicotine patch may be useful in Tourette’s syn
drome,” Sanberg, said.
He and others experimenting with nicotine described
their research at a conference in Washington
by the American Association for the Advancr
Science.
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smokers wean themselves off'cigarettes.
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to get medical nicotine. Besides the obviousci
drug levels spike much higher in cigarettes
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tine patches become routine to treat diseases,
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trol their symptoms with standard drugs, alu
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Clinton granted a full
pardon Monday to Preston King, who fled to England 39
years ago to avoid a prison sentence for draft evasion.
King was a graduate student when he
fled from Albany, Ga., in 1961 after be
ing sentenced to serve 18 months in
prison. He is now a chairman of politi
cal science at Lancaster University in
England.
King refused to report for an Army
physical until an all white draft board in
Georgia addressed him as “Mr.,” as they
did white draftees.
He noted that the board addressed him
as “Mr. Preston King” before learning he
was black and “Preston” after that.
The full pardon means King is free to
return to the United States for the funer-
"He has paid a
big price. To lock
him up today
would amount to
overkill."
— William A. Bootle
Retired U.S. District Court Judge
sentenced him to an 18-month term, had made a special
appeal to Clinton to pardon King in time for him to attend
the dedication of a new federal courthouse under con-
struction in Albany that is named for
another brother, civil rights attorney
C.B. King.
The death of Clennon King moved
the process up.
“He has paid a big price,” wrote re
tired U.S. District Judge William A.
Bootle, now 96, in a letter to Clinton last
year. “To lock him up today would
amount to overkill.”
The now racially mixed city council
in Albany also supported a pardon, as
did the National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People. ,
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parents or other relatives for fear of arrest.
His supporters, who now include the federal judge who
spoke about the campaign to pardon him.
“After 38 years. I’m still unable to return home,” he said
then. “I’m still subject to the threat of arrest and harassment
by federal authorities. I am still unable to visit my relations,
the graves of my mother and father and brothers.”
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