Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 28, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba It winning free january cd study May show cocaine u of biochemist uses fats to find drugs healthful effect by Joe Rubin a White rat scuttling around a Venti lated Jar submerged in a tank of water in a University of Manitoba Laboratory May Well hold the key to some of cocaine healthful the rat is part of experiments being conducted by Trieste a to of pharmacy biochemist investigating the effects of coca leaves and their including on the body metabolism work that is unique in North emphasis misplaced the sad part of the coca cocaine controversy is that the emphasis has been overwhelmingly on the psycho fro Pic effects effects on the psyche of the very Little attention has been paid to its Vitti Vittis interest in cocaine was piqued when University of Manitoba anthropologist Burchard noticed that andean indians in South America regularly chewed coca the anthropologist fulfils a nutritional deficiency in the Burchard saw that during their working the natives would Chew particularly when they had a strenuous task at Vitti Burchard also noticed that the an Dean indians would add a condiment like substance known As Bishku to the coca leaves they this material caused the cocaine to be released from the at the same time breaking Down the cocaine into other sub the natives schemed to suffer no ill effects from chewing coca and appeared healthy and enter the experimental to assess the effect of cocaine on the body Vitti decided to a Factor known As the respiratory a Good determination of How the body uses certain the quotient com pares a body oxygen intake with Carbon dioxide a quotient of one indicates a High carbohydrate a Reading of is seen in a fat and in a mixed or protein in Vittis test rats were fed cocaine mixed with a High Carbo hydrate diet and put in jars submerged in water to ensure an airtight Atmo air was piped with the animals oxygen intake and Carbon dioxide output rigorously Vitti found that rats fed cocaine and carbohydrates recorded quotient values of not one that might be expected with a carbohydrate this indicated that there was some kind of normalization in or at least a swing from a High carbohydrate Reading to one that More resembles a mixed said andean natives have a High carbohydrate but the cocaine they take via coca leaves helps balance their nutritional metabolism As though they Are eating a full on the other if rats on balanced diets Are fed no change in quotient is no detrimental effect until people have been talking about cocaine causing increased me but weve seen that if the diet is cocaine Doest do any in that cocaine Doest have a detrimental effect in the Normal that from a metabolic Point of Vitti in not talking about the cons Central nervous sys tem the ramifications of such work Are said South american governments have been trying to eradicate coca chewing in their if they can quash the governments believe they can Stop the leaves from being grown and perhaps even solving the cocaine problem in North there using the excuse that coca chewing is detrimental because co Caine has such profound cons but we dont see the cons effects when the cocaine said the other Side of the which the governments is the possibility that coca chewing May a Benefi University of Manitoba biochemist Trieste Vitti removes lid tank that contains a rat used in his coca Cial weve shown that theres a kind of normalization of the metabolic picture through coca South american officials Are watch ing Vittis work with the Bio chemist has received a three year 000 Grant from the United states National Institute of drug As Well As a two year Grant from medical research v Security surrounding Vittis work has been to obtain coca leaves and the Small amounts of cocaine used in his the biochemist must get an import licence from his narcotics importation must be registered at a control Centre in As Security is checked by a drug enforcement Vitti admitted there is much work to be done before the healthful effects of cocaine ingestion Are fully studies of the drugs toxicity Are one of a number of experiments in the off the data we see is mostly in terms of demonstrating the beneficial effects of coca said were going to pursue our work where its going to take us we dont cold weather Doest deter pickets at Manfor the Pas lines Are still in Force at the two entrances to the Manitoba forestry resources Complex As the strike enters its sixth Paul president of Canad an paper workers local 1403 said yesterday the pickets Are in Good cold weather Hast bothered them too we put up a couple of shacks near the Gates and there is a Good Supply of Coffee and Waroway the strike began wednesday morning after negotiations broke Down Between the company and office employees represented by local 1403 Bruce Manors corporate Industrial relations said in a meeting last tuesday on the eve of the the company offered the office employees a per cent wage in crease or a minimum guarantee of 90 cents an whichever is the greater in the first year of the in the second year of the two year ramp investigate death at Birtle the ramp at Shoal Lake is looking for witnesses to two incidents which occurred in Birtle a week ago Alec who lived five Kilometres South of weather t Low front worm from died that morning after choking on blood from a police believe he was involved in a he died Between 1 and his body was found in the Alley behind the funeral police said that at about the same time another Man was beaten up near the United but the Man Doest recall anything about the its said Gerald Ferguson of the Brandon they both happened at the same Birtle is about 100 Miles Northwest of witnesses Are asked to Call either the Shoal Lake detachment at 7592344 or the Brandon detachment at Pacific Avenue Blaze puts Man in Hospital a Man is in the health sciences Centre with Burns to his hands and a leg after a saturday Midnight fire at King Street and Pacific the fire started in his among seven suites above a vacated restaurant at 266 those in neighbouring suites were Able to flee without a fire department spokesman estimated damage at the cause is being the employees were offered per cent or 90 cents an he Thompson said this represents an increase of for each of the office employees during each year of the Jie its As Good a wage increase As the ones offered to the other two groups in local 1407 and represents a higher percentage in there Are 290 Manfor employees re presented by the they Are employed in the company paper and engineering divisions As Well As the All members of the local have joined the office employees on the picket t another 225 Manfor Mem Bers of International woodworkers of local Are honouring the picket the office employees claim their wages Are As much As an hour behind their counterparts employed in a pulp and paper operation in Prince wage Levels in the two companies have been Compa Thompson said the company was ready to talk to the Union at any Waroway said the Union made three last week which were turned Bill president of the Iwa noted that the two groups involved in the strike were still Only communicating through a provincial government mediator in Benson hoped the company and the paper workers would soon get together facet face in a meeting at the Pas and get off this damned merry go cold wind chill deaths classified death Winnipeg area forecast mostly sunny today with Cloudy periods this High today near Low tonight near weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny and cold wednesday through Northern Manitoba mainly sunny and Northwestern Ontario mostly sunny and temperatures Canada and world Anatomy of an Al purpose Polyni Eihan waterproofed Hood and velcro closures on All pockets and huge pocket on zips into polyester 35 Cotton my lined available Fly front keeps Green cow wind idea lop layer Lor Cross country skiing or Snow a Yea found Gusseted Zackel compare this garment at now until end drawstring Side 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