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Novembef 17, 1978 Page 3 The Panther Marijuana Effects Can Be Damaging By Lillie M. Lewis Panther Staff Writer When a person uses a small amount of marijuana in frequently the effects on the brain are difficult to detect, ac cording to recent methods medical researchers have used. According to John Hardin, author of “Sensual Drugs,” long term use and high doses of marijuana can cause irreversible changes outside of the brain. However, recent evidence indicated that duration of use rather than size of the dose determines the degree of chromosome damage and suppression of the im munity system. Some of the common effects of regular users include: memory impairment, (personal) mood changes, and sleep disturbances. Both the psychological and physical symptoms may clear up within a week or two after dis continuation of the use of the drug. However, even after prolonged use of marijuana has completely stopped by the smoker, it takes months for the active ingredient THC to leave the body. The more heavily a smoker uses marijuana the greater the probability that he or she may use a more powerful drug. Medical evidence has shown that marijuana conditions the user rather than a non-user who uses alcohol to use other powerful drugs. Some reasons as to why marijuana smokers escalate to more powerful drugs are: A drug user may become in volved in a drug oriented en vironment where many other types of drugs are available. Peer pressure can cause the young marijuana smoker to be influenced by the enticing pos sibility of greater pleasure. A more powerful drug can mask the restlessness, sleeplessness, and agitation of withdrawal from marijuana. Finally, according to medical researchers, people equate alcohol with mari juana, but the fact is that the two drugs are not equivalent and should not be compared this way. ‘Blacks’ Earn Rousing Applause Lavish costuming adds spice and flavor to Genet’s “The Blacks” at the Academy Theatre. (Photo by Herbert Holmes) By A. Lineve Wead Panther Co-Editor Denise L. Green Panther Feature Editor If we had the chance to sit through another production of “The Blacks,” we would because this play was directed by Walter Dallas to “freak the audience out,” according to the director. The only thing is that Dallas did not prepare us enough for this wildly fantastic play. Written by Frenchman Jean Genet, it was aimed at op pressed people, and not really at blacks. Dallas took this play and brought together a cast which mystified the whole audience up until the last dramatic scene, with the whites suc cumbing to blacks. This was definitely a production that took one through many changes because of the emotion-filled ac ting done by the performers. From the moment the play began to the last minute, the audience was very attentive to the facts revealed in the play. Basically, we gathered the play showed “Everything that blacks do has to be a show.” It was a very unusual way to show blacks’ insensitivity because this play illustrated many black emotions, from split personalities to insensitivity, sex, lust, and other underlying emotions the audience could decipher. Portraying the white missionary, Dallas acted in this production with the smoothness that has earned him his right to occupy the space in the Alliance Theater with dignity. He evoked a round of applause from the audience, but not nearly as much as the white judge, played by Gwen Nelson. Ms. Nelson took this role and molded it into the best portrayal of a white naive woman, who is supposedly angelic in nature, that either of us have seen. The individual characters who portrayed blacks neces sitates joining them into one group; each character built the other character’s role. This enjoyable soliloquy from each character, Archibald, Timothy Broden; Village, Victor Thomas; Snow, Beulah Lindsay, Bobo, Veda Kimber; Virtue, Lolita Woodward; encouraged the audience to become more in volved with the character. There was surely a character in this play with whom the audience could easily identify. “Blacks” has characters of religion, honesty, “Uncle Tom” bravery, smart-mouthness, chicken/warrier, revolution, and woman of the world. Categorizing this play would be as hard as categorizing Dallas; both are not ready for critics to place them in a definite arena but both are ready to present to Atlanta the most unusual black theater offered. CATALOG of COLLEGIATE RESEARCH Over 10,000 listings! All subjects. Send NOW for this FREE catalog. (offer expires Dec. 31, IMS) Send to: COLLEGIATE RESEARCH P.O. Box 84396, Los Angeles, CA. 900T3 Paying too much for | t Auto Insurance? Call 755-4529 West End Mall (next to Sunshine Dept.) Or Call 394-7707 Specializing in Young Driver Rates *Ar At the Movies... Movie Offers Fun and Games By Gloria Johnson Panther Reporter Remember the time when the good guys always won and the bad guys always lost? Well, this legend is kept alive in Goin’ South with the excep tion that the good guys are playing the bad guys and the bad guys are playing the good. Strange? You bet it is. Funny? Out of this world and into another one. It seemed as though Henry Moon’s (Jack Nicholson) luck ran out when he was captured and sentenced to hang for horse thievery. While standing on the gallows with a black hood over his face, the only^thing that could save him was either a miracle or an unmarried woman. According to an ordinance, he was saved by marrying a woman, a miracle in disguise. The unlucky bride was Julia (Mary Steinburger), a gold prospector’s daughter who believed in extending her father’s dream. After their knot was tied and the rules of marriage such as intoxication, wife beating, and leaving town were understood, it would seem that they wouldn’t have any problems. But the deputy and the sheriff were constantly try ing to catch Moon at breaking these rules. The marriage was a little rocky at first, but speeded into unquenchable love and partnership when they found gold in Julia’s mine. The gold was put in a chest and deposited in a bank. Another problem rode up to their door. Moon’s long lost friends, the X-Moon gang returns only to discover their gold strike. When the gang ap proached Moon concerning the gold, he was upset because he had lost his partnership and in anger plotted to rob the bank where the gold was deposited. This plan shattered when Julia changed her mind and considered him a partner once more. Moon is faced with the problem of talking the gang out of robbing the bank. When Julia sees Moon talking to the gang, she assumes that they are planning to rob the bank and steal her gold. When he finds that talking them out of robbing the bank is useless, Moon robs the bank alone. What happens next is worth the movie fare to go and see. Goin' South is now playing at the Greenbriar Theatre. IS YOUR WARDROBE DE-PLEATED? Make Your Bottom Half Your Better Half With The Classic Look Of Pleated Pants. Our luxurious pants in flannels, tweeds, gabardines, wools and wool blends offer you a look that’s both comfortable and current. Come-pleat your wardrobe NOW at prices from $20.00 to $50.00. Only at the Super Store. Res. 799-1047 Bus. 7S2-9567 OSSIE-JONES BEAUTY SHOPPE Specialized in Afros and Permanents PRESSING AND CURLING 783 CASCADE AVE., S.W. James Brown Atlanta, Georgia