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DRUG ADDICTION AND ABUSE AMON
MILITARY VETERANS, 1971

JOINT HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HOSPITAL

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ALCOHOLISM AND NARCOTI

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

DRUG ADDICTION AND ABUSE AMONG MILITARY VETERANS

JUNE 15 AND 23, 1971

STANFOR

MAR 198

Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

DRUG ADDICTION AND ABUSE AMONG MILITARY VETERANS, 1971

JOINT HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HOSPITALS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

AND

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ALCOHOLISM AND NARCOTICS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

DRUG ADDICTION AND ABUSE AMONG MILITARY VETERANS

JUNE 15 AND 23, 1971

PART 1

Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE

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

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia

CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts

GAYLORD NELSON, Wisconsin

WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota

THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri

ALAN CRANSTON, California

HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa

ADLAI E. STEVENSON III, Illinois

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York

WINSTON L. PROUTY, Vermont

PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado

RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania

BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon

ROBERT TAFT, JR., Ohio

J. GLENN BEALL, JR., Maryland

STEWART E. MCCLURE, Staff Director

ROBERT E. NAGLE, General Counsel

ROY H. MILLENSON, Minority Staff Director

EUGENE MITTELMAN, Minority Counsel

SUBCOMMITTEE ON ALCOHOLISM AND NARCOTICS

HAROLD E. HUGHES, Iowa, Chairman

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia

HARRISON A. WILLIAMS, JR., New Jersey

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts

WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota

ALAN CRANSTON, California

BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon

JACOB K. JAVITS, New York

PETER H. DOMINICK, Colorado

RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania

CONTENTS

Introduction on the floor of the Senate by Senator Cranston,

June 22, 1971___

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113

Section-by-section analysis-----

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1971

Juhl, Donald, director of community relations and detoxification, the

Aquarian Effort, Sacramento, Calif., accompanied by Larry Turner, Mike

McCaffery, Tom Hanzo, Roy Newton, Gary Estrada, and John West, com-

prising a panel_.

Cohen, Sidney, M.D., clinical professor of psychiatry, UCLA Medical School,

the Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, Calif.

Solomon, George, M.D., associate professor of clinical psychiatry, Stanford

University Medical School; former chief of Stanford Psychiatric Service,

Palo Alto Veterans' Administration Hospital__.

Showalter, Robert W., national commander, AMVETS; accompanied by

Ralph E. Hall, national executive director; and Leon Sanchez, national

service and legislative director_-_—.

Huber, Charles L., national director of legislation, and William Flaherty,

assistant national director of legislation; accompanied by Robert Jordan,

national service officer, Disabled American Veterans--.

Stover, Francis W., national director of legislative service, Veterans of

Foreign Wars, and Cooper T. Holt, executive director, Washington office

of VFW__

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1971

Johnson, Hon. Donald E., Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, Veterans'

Administration; accompanied by Dr. Marc J. Musser, Chief Medical Di-

rector; and John J. Corcoran, General Counsel--

Neier, Aryeh, executive director, American Civil Liberties Union, New

York

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193

Thurmond, Hon. Strom, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Carolina___

Bentsen, Hon. Lloyd, a U.S. Senator from the State of Texas---

Finney, Graham S., commissioner, Addiction Services Agency, City of New

York, accompanied by Rodger Hurley, coordinator of veterans affairs;

and Richard Linder___

Burns, Michael, executive director, Paralyzed Veterans of America_

Golembieski, Edward H., director, National Veterans' Affairs and Rehabil-

itation Commission; the American Legion; accompanied by Charles E.

Mattingly, assistant director, national legislative commission; and

Robert E. Lynch, deputy director..

Pepper, Dr. F. J., national vice chairman, American Veterans Committee;

accompanied by Mrs. June Willenz, executive secretary, American Vet-

erans Committee___.

STATEMENTS

Bentsen, Hon. Lloyd, a U.S. Senator from the State of Texas.

Burns, Michael, executive director, Paralyzed Veterans of America___.

Cohen, Sidney, M.D., clinical professor of psychiatry, UCLA Medical

School, the Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, Calif__

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