Drug Addiction and Abuse Among Military Veterans, 1971, Joint Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Health and Hospitals of ..., and Subcommittee on Alcoholism and Narcotics of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare .... |
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... returning veterans . I have worked closely with Senator Hughes on both veterans ' mat- ters and alcoholism and narcotics matters since we both entered the Senate in January 1969 . And I am delighted to be continuing this work with him ...
... returning veterans . I have worked closely with Senator Hughes on both veterans ' mat- ters and alcoholism and narcotics matters since we both entered the Senate in January 1969 . And I am delighted to be continuing this work with him ...
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... returned to this country over the last several years and have received no care or attention from the Veterans ' Administration . So this is really not a new problem we focus on today . Yet the Government's response so far has been to ...
... returned to this country over the last several years and have received no care or attention from the Veterans ' Administration . So this is really not a new problem we focus on today . Yet the Government's response so far has been to ...
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... returning GI . Senator SCHWEIKER . How long were you on drugs ? Mr. HANZO . About 5 months . Senator SCHWEIKER . How long were you on methadone ? Mr. HANZO . Four months . Senator SCHWEIKER . A lot of people coming to our committee have ...
... returning GI . Senator SCHWEIKER . How long were you on drugs ? Mr. HANZO . About 5 months . Senator SCHWEIKER . How long were you on methadone ? Mr. HANZO . Four months . Senator SCHWEIKER . A lot of people coming to our committee have ...
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... returning from Vietnam . Well , we have those feelings , and some of their feelings are , we have heard recently about testing programs that may be initi- ated as people return from Southeast Asia . I think this is a positive step . The ...
... returning from Vietnam . Well , we have those feelings , and some of their feelings are , we have heard recently about testing programs that may be initi- ated as people return from Southeast Asia . I think this is a positive step . The ...
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... returned from Southeast Asia in the past year . Where are the 75,000 to 100,000 addicts that should have come home ? The actual number will turn out to be much less . Second , not everyone who has used heroin is addicted to it . It re ...
... returned from Southeast Asia in the past year . Where are the 75,000 to 100,000 addicts that should have come home ? The actual number will turn out to be much less . Second , not everyone who has used heroin is addicted to it . It re ...
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Page 156 - Whatever, in connection with my professional practice, or not in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret.
Page 146 - States at any time after September 16, 1940, and prior to the termination of the present war, and who shall have been discharged or released from active service under conditions other than dishonorable, after active service of...
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Page 207 - The extent to which procedural due process must be afforded the recipient is influenced by the extent to which he may be "condemned to suffer grievous loss.
Page 375 - ... he is an addict and Is likely to be rehabilitated through treatment.
Page 401 - CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE RY THE BILL, AS REPORTED In compliance with clause 3 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic...
Page 389 - If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of such provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
Page 381 - any person who habitually uses any habit-forming narcotic drugs so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is or has been so far addicted to the use of such habitforming narcotic drugs as to have lost the power of self-control with reference to his addiction.