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THE HOME NEWS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12. 1981 Popular counterfeit 'Quaaludes 'blamed for high in death rate MIAMI (AP) Dade County authorities say the popularity of illegally man ufactured methaqualone, better known as counterfeit "Quaaludes." has triggered a rise in deaths blamed on use of the drug. The Dade Medical Examiner's office said Monday there were 66 deaths re lated to the illicit drug in 1980. The total from the previous four years was 65. "Quaaludes and alcohol are very much alike, and if you combine the two together, all hell breaks loose," said Dr.

Charles Wetli, Dade deputy chief medical examiner. The previous high number for methaqualone-related deaths was 18 in 1973, most of them linked to accidental overdoses or suicides. The medical examiner's office said that in contrast to 1973, the Jump in methaqualone-related deaths that began In 1978 Includes mostly violent deaths, Including traffic accidents, traced to Illicit use of he drug. State Sen. Ken Jenne, D-Hollywood, said he will try to pass a bill in tbe Legislature next year that would mandate urine and blood tests for anyone involved in a traffic accident in which someone was injured.

A similar bill failed last year. Currently, a driver stopped in Florida on suspicion of being Intoxicated can refuse breath, blood and urine tests. And only results of an alcohol breath test can be admitted as evidence in court cases. Methaqualone's presence is detected in hliwt ar urine samnles. Methaqualone tablets are marketed over the counter as prescription seda-' tlves.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration estimates that some 40 million illegally made methaqualone tablets, carrying varying amounts of the drug, will be used this year. Woman missing in boat mishap may have been attacked by shark 10 NATIONAL LOWER PRICES MEANS BIGGER SAVINGSF SHOP COMPARE! bccc Dniiun cidi nm tid MEATY BAR-B-0 LONDON 99 LB. THIGHS Slbj BROIL BflR-B-Q BEEF and possibly drown or to make it for safety," said Coast Guard officer James Willi-amson. "They decided to leave her and come out." Perrin, who owned the sailboat, told re-, porters he and bis friends had planned a short outing when they left from Ormond Beach, just north of Daytona Beach, about 5 p.m.

Sunday. By 8 p.m., a sudden storm had turned the sea into a tempest and capsized their sailboat. Miss Ennis, in her 20s, reached shore Monday afternoon and contacted a lifeguard. Perrin also made it to shore by himself. An Air Force helicopter called into the search found Cohen floundering in the surf and brought him ashore.

All three survisors were treated at Halifax Hospital for sunburn and exposure. A Coast Guard cutter and helicopter were searching for the missing woman. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -Planes and boats searched yesterday for a young woman who may have been attacked by a shark while trying to swim to shore from a capsized catamaran. Four people from the Daytona Beach area were in the 17-foot, twin-hulled catamaran sailboat when it pitched over Sunday afternoon.

After clinging to the overturned boat all night, the four tried to swim to shore at dawn through shark-infested water's when they realized the craft bad drifted out to sea, survivors said. 1 Three managed to swim to shore or were rescued. One survivor, Randall Cohen, 26, was in serious condition at the intensive care unit of Halifax Hospital following the ordeal off Daytona Beach. During the swim, Christina Wapniarski, 19, screamed, according to Tami Ennis and Daniel Perrin, 21, two of the survivors. Miss 21, said she beard Miss Wapniarski scream: "Randy, oh my God, help me, I've been bit.

It was a shark." Miss Ennis, the first to come ashore early Monday afternoon, said she had seen "one swarm of small sharks or barracuda. "They were feeding on something, so I just floated around for. a while, just laid there still, until they passed. And then I went on at about 80 miles an hour." i The last reported deaths by shark attack In Florida were in 1976, when two teenage boys were killed In rough surf off Jacksonville Beach. ('' "I have no verification that it was a shark," Volusia County sheriff's Investigator Bill Ferguson said.

But be said Perrin and Cohen said part of one of the woman's legs was missing when they reached ber and that she appeared to be dead. "They had to make a decision to stay 99 059 NEW ZEALAND SPRING FROZEN SHOULDER ALYiB CHOPS RIB STEAKS LB. LB. OUNTRr STYLE 19 19 PARE FRESH BEEF GROUND CHUCK TASTY LOIN PORK STEAKS 1 1 RIB IB 18. More possible TB cases found at nuke plant 0 BAR-S-Q BEEF SHORT RIBS 99 FROZEN MBY CHICKEN LIVERS 59! SAUSAGE GQQ PATTIES UJi.

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