COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia
CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
ALAN CRANSTON, California
WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine
DONALD W. RIEGLE, JR., Michigan

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York
RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont
JOHN H. CHAFEE, Rhode Island
S. I. HAYAKAWA, California
ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah

STEPHEN J. PARADISE, General Counsel and Staff Director
MARJORIE M. WHITTAKER, Chief Clerk

JAY B. CUTLER, Minority Counsel

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Leadership and Drug Abuse, by Peter G. Bourne, M.D., from Drug Page Review, January 1976_

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Marihuana Heads for the Limelight, from the Journal of Drug and
Alcohol Dependence, February 1977----
Communications to:

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Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah, from Gabriel G. Nahas, M.D., Ph. D., research professor of anesthesiology, president, International Medical Council on Drug Use, Inc., May 17, 1977 (with enclosure)

Williams, Hon. Harrison A., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of
New Jersey, form:

Boche, H. Leonard, president, Alcohol and Drug Problems As-
sociation of North America, Washingon, D.C., May 10, 1977
Hesse, Rayburn F., executive director, National Association of
State Drug Abuse Program Coordinators, Washington, D.C.,
February 18, 1977.

Hesse, Rayburn F., executive director, National Association of
State Drug Abuse Program Coordinators, Washington, D.C.,
April 27, 1977.

Miliman, Alfred V., J.D., director, Maryland Drug Abuse Research
and Treatment Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, Md., May 10, 1977
(with enclosures) __.

Perlis, Leo, chairman, National Coalition for Adequate Alcohol-
ism Programs, Arlington, Va., February 28, 1977---
Rangel, Hon. Charles B., a Representative in Congress from the
State of New York, May 5, 1977-
Richardson, George C., president, National Committee to Declare
War on Drugs, Newark, N.J., May 6, 1977 (with enclosures) ___
Russo, Richard J., M.S.P.H., chairman, National Association of
State Drug Abuse Program Coordinators, Washington, D.C.
February 18, 1977__

Schramm, N. T., president, California Conference of Methadone
Programs, San Diego, Calif., February 24, 1977__.

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Swafford, Thomas J., president, National Council on Alcoholism,
Inc., New York, N.Y., February 28, 1977__

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Tongue, Archer, director, International Council on Alcohol and
Addictions, Lausanne, Switzerland, May 12, 1977__.
Wilson, Jess, president, Council of State and Territorial Alcohol-
ism Authorities, Inc., Washington, D.C., May 11, 1977---

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Questions and answers:
Hathaway, Hon. William D., questions to Dr. Bourne with responses__
Hathaway, Hon. William D., questions to Mr. Dogoloff with responses_
Wililams, Hon. Harrison A., Jr., questions to Dr. Bourne with re-
sponses

Williams, Hon. Harrison A., Jr., questions to Mr. Dogoloff with responses

NOMINATIONS

FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1977

U.S. SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES,

Washington, D.C.

The committee met. pursuant to notice, at 9:15 a.m., in room 4232 Dirksen Senate Office Buliding, Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (chairman) presiding.

Present: Senators Williams and Hatch.

The CHAIRMAN. The Committee on Human Resources will please come to order.

The meeting today is to consider the nomination of Dr. Peter G. Bourne of the District of Columbia to be Director of the Office of Drug Abuse Policy, and Mr. Lee Israel Dogoloff of Maryland to be Deputy Director of the Office of Drug Abuse Policy.

I have some opening remarks, which will come following the introduction of our two nominees by Senators who accompany them. Senator Nunn is here, and he will introduce Dr. Peter Bourne.

STATEMENT OF HON. SAM NUNN, A U.S. SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA

Senator NUNN. Thank you very much. Mr. Chairman.

It is a pleasure for me to appear before you today for the purpose of introducing President Carter's nominee for the position of Director of the Office of Drug Abuse Policy, my good friend Dr. Peter G. Bourne.

In my opinion. Dr. Bourne is one of the Nation's leading authorities on the subject of drug abuse. He has been functioning as the Special Assistant to the President for Drug Abuse and Mental Health matters since the inception of this administration. Although Dr. Bourne's prior efforts have been largely directed toward the treatment and prevention aspects of drug abuse, he has begun working closely with Peter Bensinger. Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, in assessing the effectiveness of our Federal narcotics enforcement effort.

By virtue of having chaired weeks of hearings in the permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on the subject of drug abuse, calling upon scores of witnesses for their analysis, I believe I have gained a substantial appreciation for the complexities of this critical area.

In human terms alone, more than 5.000 Americans a year die as a result of drug abuse. The number of hard narcotics addicts has increased from an estimated 315.000 in 1969 to over 700,000 in 1976.

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