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Drug abuse education offers a real challenge for pharmacy student involvement in one of society's major problems. To better equip students to productively accept this challenge, Student APhA is currently seeking ways to help fund drug abuse education programs in all Student APhA chapters. Once this has been accomplished, Student APhA plans to serve as a steering committee for development of effective programs by those chapters desiring such assistance. Another area of concern to the social involvement committee is that of utiliZing the tal~nts and training of pharmacy students in times of disaster. The committee will explore the ways in which students can become involved and will attempt to define the role of pharmacy students in disaster. Interprofessional relations is another area of great importance to Student APhA. Pharmacy students increasingly are being exposed to the health team concept in the delivery of health care services. To more fully understand the concerns of each of the para-medical professions, Student APhA leaders have participated in several interdisciplinary conferences. With continued meetings of this nature, the health team will some day become a reality. " There are periods in history in which 'Our nation and profession are faced with unparalleled changes and trends that greatly alter and affect our society and profession. Pharmacy today is in one of its greatest periods of professional evolution, and the future will provide new challenges and opportunities. With them will come an added de~ gree of responsibility and obligation for all members of the
marijuana lin Vietnam (continued from page 618)
researchers suspect that the publication of these erroneous figures m'a y have some influence on the estimates of those who read the material. •
profession. Whether the profession will productively meet these challenges "will depend on the commitment you make to personally and professionally prepare yourself to meet the needs of society. It will depend more than any other factor on your positive support through ind~vidual involvement and activity in your professional societies.
Gary R. Lawless president 1970 papers competition announced The fourth annual Papers Review Forum will be held during the yearly meeting of the Student APhA in Washington on April 10--1,3, 1970. The student papers program allows participating students to exhibit their educational capabilities and gives students hearing the papers an opportunity to learn what is being done by their counterparts in other schools. P~pers may be submitted on any subject dealing with pharmacy and must be limited to 15 ~inutes in length. The use of audio-visual aids is encouraged but not required. A brief summary of the paper must be ~ubmitted no .later than January 1, 1970, followed by the final manuscript by February 1, 1970. Both should be sent toWilliam T. King, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677. Winners will be notified by March 1. Five papers will be chosen for presentation at the Papers Review Forum. Awards will be as follows: first place$100, second-$50 and three awards of $25.
references 1. "Students and Drug Abuse", Today's Education (NEA Journal) 36 (March 1969) 2. Drug Abuse: Game Without Winners, Department of Defense, Anned Forces Infonnation Service, DOD GEN-33 Washington, Government Printing Office, 2 (1968)
news from ASHP HERBERT S. CARLIN, director of hospital pharmacy service" University of Illinois Research and Educational Hospitals, and associate professor of pharmacy, college of pharmacy, University of Illinois, is president-elect of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists. He will be installed at final session of ASHP's 1970 annual meeting, held"during APhA's meeting in Washington, D.C., April 12-17. The two members-elect of the board of directors are Charles M. King Jr., director, department of pharmacy, University 'Of Alabama Hospitals and Clinics, University of Alabama Medical Center, and assistant professor of hospital pharmacy, school of pharmacy, Samford University, and Harvey A. K. Whitney Jr., director of pharmaceutical services, City of St. Louis Hospitals. These men also will be installed in April. " In a new ASHP appointment, Lawrence H. Leong, has been named assistant director of ASHP's department of education and training. Leong recently completed a year's training as society's first executive resident. In his new capacity, Leong will work with Warren E. McConnell, director of the department of education and training, "on the planning and production of the society's year-round continuing education program. ASHP's midyear meeting which is taking place December 14-18 in Washington, D.C., will feature two speakers-Robert F. Maronde, professor of medicine and pharmacology, school of medicine, University of Southern California" and Donald T. Rucker, senior health analyst, Social Security Administration. Maronde will speak on computerized drug use surveillance, and Rucker will explain the Social Security AdIninstration's needs for drug utilization reviews. The society's department of sdentific services, commenting on FDA's National Drug Code System, has affirmed that there is no incompatibility between the NDCS and the society's Drug Products Information File (DPIF). From the beginning of its own project on drug coding, ASHP has worked closely with FDA and will continue t'O do so. Because it feels that there are some needs of hospitals and possibly others which can only be met by the DPIF, ASHP pointed out that while there are some differences between the DPIF and NDCS> there are absolutely no incompatibilities, and that each drug product in the DPIF will eventually have an NDCS number. The NDCS numbers cannot be incorporated into DPIF until FDA assigns a number to the product labeler and until the labeler assigns the balance of the NDCS number. As fast as the NDCS numbers are assigned by FDA and the labeler, ASHP will add them to the DPIF. 630
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William T. King, chairman student papers committee 3. Siler, J., Sheep, W., Bates, L., Clark, G., and Smith, W., "Marijuana Smoking In Panama", Mil. Surg., 73, 169 (1933) 4. Marcovitz, E., and Myers, H., "The Marijuana Addict In the Army", War Medicine, 5, 382 (1944); Freedman, H., and Rockmore, "M., "Marijuana: A Factor In Personality "Evaluation and Anny Maladjustment'~, The J. of Clin. Psychopathol., 8, 766 (April 1946) 5. Marcovitz, E., and Myers, H., Op. cit., 390 6. See "Memorandum for the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower)" dated November 9, 1967, submitted by Frank A. Bartimo, chainnan of Defense Task Force on Narcotic and Drug Abuse 7. Casper, E., Janacek, J., and Martinelli, H., "Marijuana In Vietnam-A Pilot Study", unpublished paper (1968) 8. Postel,W., "Marijuana Use in Vietnam: A Preliminary Report", United States Army Vietnam Medical Bulletin, USARV Pam, 40'-11 (Sept.-Oct. 1968) 9. Brill, H., Letter to author (RR) dated October 15, 1968 10. Eells, K., "Marijuana and LSD: A Survey of One College Campus", J. of Counseling Psychol., 15, 459 (1968) 11. Blum, R., Drugs II: "Students and Drugs, Jossey-Bass, Indianapolis (1969) 12. Imperi, L., Kleber, H., and Davie, "Use of Hallucinogenic Drugs on Campus", JAMA, 204, 1021 (June 1968) 13. Kleber, iI., Letter to author (RR) dated February 6, 1969 14. Farnsworth, D., Letter to author (RR) dated December 27, 1968 15. Blum, "R., Op. cit., 17 16. Steinbeck, J., IV, "The Importance of Being Stoned in Vietnam", The Washingtonian, 3, 33 (January 1968) 17. Dembart, L., Article in Phoenix, student newspaper of Queens College of the City University of New York (March 27, 1968) 18. Imperi, L., Op. cit., 1023 19. Farnsworth, D., Op. cit. 20. Farnsworth, D., ·a nd Weiss, S., "Marijuana: The Conditions and "Consequences of Use and the Treatment of Users", unpublished paper presented at the Rutgers SYmposium On Drug Abuse, 3 (June 1968) 21. Steinbeck, J., IV, Op. cit.
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Drug abuse education offers a real challenge for pharmacy student involvement in one of society's major problems. To better equip students to productively accept this challenge, Student APhA is currently seeking ways to help fund drug abuse education programs in all Student APhA chapters. Once this has been accomplished, Student APhA plans to serve as a steering committee for development of effective programs by those chapters desiring such assistance. Another area of concern to the social involvement committee is that of utiliZing the tal~nts and training of pharmacy students in times of disaster. The committee will explore the ways in which students can become involved and will attempt to define the role of pharmacy students in disaster. Interprofessional relations is another area of great importance to Student APhA. Pharmacy students increasingly are being exposed to the health team concept in the delivery of health care services. To more fully understand the concerns of each of the para-medical professions, Student APhA leaders have participated in several interdisciplinary conferences. With continued meetings of this nature, the health team will some day become a reality. " There are periods in history in which 'Our nation and profession are faced with unparalleled changes and trends that greatly alter and affect our society and profession. Pharmacy today is in one of its greatest periods of professional evolution, and the future will provide new challenges and opportunities. With them will come an added de~ gree of responsibility and obligation for all members of the
marijuana lin Vietnam (continued from page 618)
researchers suspect that the publication of these erroneous figures m'a y have some influence on the estimates of those who read the material. •
profession. Whether the profession will productively meet these challenges "will depend on the commitment you make to personally and professionally prepare yourself to meet the needs of society. It will depend more than any other factor on your positive support through ind~vidual involvement and activity in your professional societies.
Gary R. Lawless president 1970 papers competition announced The fourth annual Papers Review Forum will be held during the yearly meeting of the Student APhA in Washington on April 10--1,3, 1970. The student papers program allows participating students to exhibit their educational capabilities and gives students hearing the papers an opportunity to learn what is being done by their counterparts in other schools. P~pers may be submitted on any subject dealing with pharmacy and must be limited to 15 ~inutes in length. The use of audio-visual aids is encouraged but not required. A brief summary of the paper must be ~ubmitted no .later than January 1, 1970, followed by the final manuscript by February 1, 1970. Both should be sent toWilliam T. King, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677. Winners will be notified by March 1. Five papers will be chosen for presentation at the Papers Review Forum. Awards will be as follows: first place$100, second-$50 and three awards of $25.
references 1. "Students and Drug Abuse", Today's Education (NEA Journal) 36 (March 1969) 2. Drug Abuse: Game Without Winners, Department of Defense, Anned Forces Infonnation Service, DOD GEN-33 Washington, Government Printing Office, 2 (1968)
news from ASHP HERBERT S. CARLIN, director of hospital pharmacy service" University of Illinois Research and Educational Hospitals, and associate professor of pharmacy, college of pharmacy, University of Illinois, is president-elect of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists. He will be installed at final session of ASHP's 1970 annual meeting, held"during APhA's meeting in Washington, D.C., April 12-17. The two members-elect of the board of directors are Charles M. King Jr., director, department of pharmacy, University 'Of Alabama Hospitals and Clinics, University of Alabama Medical Center, and assistant professor of hospital pharmacy, school of pharmacy, Samford University, and Harvey A. K. Whitney Jr., director of pharmaceutical services, City of St. Louis Hospitals. These men also will be installed in April. " In a new ASHP appointment, Lawrence H. Leong, has been named assistant director of ASHP's department of education and training. Leong recently completed a year's training as society's first executive resident. In his new capacity, Leong will work with Warren E. McConnell, director of the department of education and training, "on the planning and production of the society's year-round continuing education program. ASHP's midyear meeting which is taking place December 14-18 in Washington, D.C., will feature two speakers-Robert F. Maronde, professor of medicine and pharmacology, school of medicine, University of Southern California" and Donald T. Rucker, senior health analyst, Social Security Administration. Maronde will speak on computerized drug use surveillance, and Rucker will explain the Social Security AdIninstration's needs for drug utilization reviews. The society's department of sdentific services, commenting on FDA's National Drug Code System, has affirmed that there is no incompatibility between the NDCS and the society's Drug Products Information File (DPIF). From the beginning of its own project on drug coding, ASHP has worked closely with FDA and will continue t'O do so. Because it feels that there are some needs of hospitals and possibly others which can only be met by the DPIF, ASHP pointed out that while there are some differences between the DPIF and NDCS> there are absolutely no incompatibilities, and that each drug product in the DPIF will eventually have an NDCS number. The NDCS numbers cannot be incorporated into DPIF until FDA assigns a number to the product labeler and until the labeler assigns the balance of the NDCS number. As fast as the NDCS numbers are assigned by FDA and the labeler, ASHP will add them to the DPIF. 630
Journal of the AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION
William T. King, chairman student papers committee 3. Siler, J., Sheep, W., Bates, L., Clark, G., and Smith, W., "Marijuana Smoking In Panama", Mil. Surg., 73, 169 (1933) 4. Marcovitz, E., and Myers, H., "The Marijuana Addict In the Army", War Medicine, 5, 382 (1944); Freedman, H., and Rockmore, "M., "Marijuana: A Factor In Personality "Evaluation and Anny Maladjustment'~, The J. of Clin. Psychopathol., 8, 766 (April 1946) 5. Marcovitz, E., and Myers, H., Op. cit., 390 6. See "Memorandum for the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower)" dated November 9, 1967, submitted by Frank A. Bartimo, chainnan of Defense Task Force on Narcotic and Drug Abuse 7. Casper, E., Janacek, J., and Martinelli, H., "Marijuana In Vietnam-A Pilot Study", unpublished paper (1968) 8. Postel,W., "Marijuana Use in Vietnam: A Preliminary Report", United States Army Vietnam Medical Bulletin, USARV Pam, 40'-11 (Sept.-Oct. 1968) 9. Brill, H., Letter to author (RR) dated October 15, 1968 10. Eells, K., "Marijuana and LSD: A Survey of One College Campus", J. of Counseling Psychol., 15, 459 (1968) 11. Blum, R., Drugs II: "Students and Drugs, Jossey-Bass, Indianapolis (1969) 12. Imperi, L., Kleber, H., and Davie, "Use of Hallucinogenic Drugs on Campus", JAMA, 204, 1021 (June 1968) 13. Kleber, iI., Letter to author (RR) dated February 6, 1969 14. Farnsworth, D., Letter to author (RR) dated December 27, 1968 15. Blum, "R., Op. cit., 17 16. Steinbeck, J., IV, "The Importance of Being Stoned in Vietnam", The Washingtonian, 3, 33 (January 1968) 17. Dembart, L., Article in Phoenix, student newspaper of Queens College of the City University of New York (March 27, 1968) 18. Imperi, L., Op. cit., 1023 19. Farnsworth, D., Op. cit. 20. Farnsworth, D., ·a nd Weiss, S., "Marijuana: The Conditions and "Consequences of Use and the Treatment of Users", unpublished paper presented at the Rutgers SYmposium On Drug Abuse, 3 (June 1968) 21. Steinbeck, J., IV, Op. cit.
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