LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON EXAMINATION INTO THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE CON- Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare 51-541 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1975 COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia JACOB K. JAVITS, New York J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland DONALD ELISBURG, General Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON ALCOHOLISM AND NARCOTICS JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania ANGUS S. KING, Jr., Counsel (II) CONTENTS Jenson, Jerry N., Acting Deputy Administrator, Drug Enforcement Admin- istration, accompanied by Donald E. Miller, Chief Counsel. Simmons, Henry E., M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Depart- ment of Health, Education, and Welfare, accompanied by Frank E. Samuel, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation (Health); James D. Isbister, Acting Administrator, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; and Robert L. Du Pont, M.D., Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse.. Bryant, Thomas E., M.D., president, Drug Abuse Council.. Boche, H. Leonard, director, Hennepin County Alcohol and Drug program, and president, Alcohol and Drug Problems Association of North Amer- ica; accompanied by Augustus Hewlett and Robert Beauregard _ _ _ Hesse, Rayburn F., executive director, National Association of State Drug Abuse Program Coordinators; Richard E. Horman, Ph. D., director, Governor's Council for Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Harrisburg, Pa.; Ronald J. Maineri, executive director, Kansas Drug Abuse Commis- sion, Topeka, Kans.; Frank Nelson, bureau chief, Bureau of Drug Abuse Prevention, Tallahassee, Fla.; Dr. Franklin G. Osberg, M.D., assistant commissioner, Division of Addiction Services, Indianapolis, Ind.; and Walter Stewart, executive director, Drug Advisory Council, Hartford, Conn., a panel of single-State agencies... Jordan, Paul T., M.D., mayor, Jersey City, N.J., representing the National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors; Jerome_Hornblass, commissioner, New York City Addiction Services Agency; Dr. Herbert Kleber, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, Conn.; and Dr. Vernon Patch, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass., representing the ad hoc committee of urban problems, a panel on urban programs... Adame, Ramon, chairman, Chicano Alliance of Drug Abuse Programs, Maugé, Conrad, board chairman, National Federation of Concerned Drug Pratt, Jesse, founder and executive director, Tuum Est, Inc., Venice, Calif.. Cohen, Sidney, M.D., professor of psychiatry, University of California at Boche, H. Leonard, director, Hennepin County Alcohol and Drug Program, and president, Alcohol and Drug Problems Association of North Amer- Harvey, William M., Ph. D., NASCO West—Drug Abuse Treatment Cen- Hesse, Rayburn F., executive director, National Association of State Drug Abuse Program Coordinators; Richard E. Horman, Ph. D., director, Governor's Council for Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Harrisburg, Pa.; Ronald J. Maineri, executive director, Kansas Drug Abuse Commis- sion, Topeka, Kans.; Frank Nelson, bureau chief, Bureau of Drug Abuse Prevention, Tallahassee, Fla.; Dr. Franklin G. Osberg, M.D., assistant commissioner, Division of Addiction_Services, Indianapolis, Ind.; and Walter Stewart, executive director, Drug Advisory Council, Hartford, Horman, Richard E., Ph. D., executive director, Governor's Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, prepared Hornblass, Jerome, commissioner, New York City Addiction Services Jordan, Paul T., M.D., mayor, Jersey City, N.J., representing the National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors, Jerome Hornblass, commissioner, New York City Addiction Services Agency, Dr. Herbert Kleber, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, Conn., and Dr. Vernon Patch, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass., representing the ad hoc committee of urban problems, a panel on urban programs... Jenson, Jerry N., Acting Deputy Administrator, Drug Enforcement Maugé, Conrad, board chairman, National Federation of Concerned Drug National League of Cities and U.S. Conference of Mayors, prepared statement_ _ 170 Nelson, Frank, Bureau chief, Bureau of Drug Abuse Prevention, Talla- 154 184 New York City Addiction Services Agency, prepared statement. Pratt, Jesse, founder and executive director, Tuum Est, Inc., Vencie, Calif. Simmons, Henry E., M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Depart- ment of Health, Education, and Welfare; accompanied by Frank E. Samuel, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation (Health); James D. Isbister, Acting Administrator, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; and Robert L. Du Pont, M.D., Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse. Stewart, Walter, executive director, Connecticut Drug Council, vice chair- man, National Association of State Drug Abuse Coordinators, prepared 144 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEA Federal and DEA Task Force Removals. Excerpts from "Strategy 1974".. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Budget Proposal 66 28 Resources Devoted to Drug Traffic by U.S. Government.... Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention, Actions/Achieve- 41 30 APPENDIXES Appendix I: Statement of Edward C. Senay, M.D., director, Illinois Drug Abuse rectors Communications to: Hathaway, Hon. William D., a U.S. Senator from the State of Fritt, Michael R., executive director, I-ADARP, Inc. McInnis, Marilyn L., director, Office of Alcoholism and King, Angus, counsel, Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Nar- Statement of Paul Cushman, Jr., M.D., director, Methadone Maintenance Treatment at St. Luke's, St. Luke's Hospital Center, New York City, N. Y. Statement of Burt C. D'Lugoff, M.D., on behalf of the Baltimore Page 269 273 277 275 278 293 294 296 299 304 Statement of Rayburn F. Hesse, executive director and on behalf of the National Association of State Drug Abuse Program Coordinators, Washington, D.C., with enclosures__ Communications to Hon. William D. Hathaway, a U.S. Senator from Bryant, Thomas E., M.D., president, Drug Abuse Council, Inc., DuPont, Robert L., M.D., director, Special Action Office for 306 337 339 341 |