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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... servicemen with drug problems untreated and unrehabilitated back into a civilian society poorly prepared for them . As was brought out at our subcommittee hearings last week , more than 16,000 servicemen have been punitively or ...
... servicemen with drug problems untreated and unrehabilitated back into a civilian society poorly prepared for them . As was brought out at our subcommittee hearings last week , more than 16,000 servicemen have been punitively or ...
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... servicemen , veterans , and their families than the war in Southeast Asia itself . This morning I would like to express my regret that Senator Vance Hartke who wishes to be with us , cannot be with us , and also that Senator Strom ...
... servicemen , veterans , and their families than the war in Southeast Asia itself . This morning I would like to express my regret that Senator Vance Hartke who wishes to be with us , cannot be with us , and also that Senator Strom ...
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... servicemen may be " joy popping , " that is , using on a weekend , and not developing tolerance or withdrawal symptoms , therefore they are not addicted . " Joy popping " is a hazardous pastime . Every addict that I have talked to ...
... servicemen may be " joy popping , " that is , using on a weekend , and not developing tolerance or withdrawal symptoms , therefore they are not addicted . " Joy popping " is a hazardous pastime . Every addict that I have talked to ...
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... servicemen as a means of detecting those with drug habits . A roster of those detected with drug symptoms could be maintained and early treatment instituted . Indoctrination courses should be refined , updated , and presented to all ...
... servicemen as a means of detecting those with drug habits . A roster of those detected with drug symptoms could be maintained and early treatment instituted . Indoctrination courses should be refined , updated , and presented to all ...
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... servicemen serving overseas . We supply our troops with every weapon possible to insulate them against injury from the enemy . We cannot supply them with any weapon to protect them from the availability of drugs , which now has become ...
... servicemen serving overseas . We supply our troops with every weapon possible to insulate them against injury from the enemy . We cannot supply them with any weapon to protect them from the availability of drugs , which now has become ...
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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...
Page 401 - Changes in Existing Law Made bt 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...
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.