Illicit Narcotics Traffic: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Improvements in the Federal Criminal Code of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, First Session, Parts 5-6U.S. Government Printing Office, 1955 - 4896 pages Pt. 5: Includes minutes of Canadian Senate hearing "Proceedings of the Special Committee on the Traffic in Narcotic Drugs in Canada," Apr. 18, 1955 (p. 1771-1836). Hearing was held in NYC; pt. 7: Continuation of hearings investigating drug abuse and illicit narcotics traffic in the U.S. Sept. 22 hearing was held in NYC; Oct. 12 hearing was held in Austin, Tex.; Oct. 13, 14, and Dec. 14 and 15 hearings were held in San Antonio, Tex.; Oct. 17 and 18 hearings were held in Houston, Tex.; Oct. 19 and 20 hearings were held in Dallas, Tex.; Oct. 21 hearing was held in Fort Worth, Tex.; pt. 9: Continuation of hearings on drug traffic and use in America. Hearings were held in Chicago, Ill.; pt. 10: Nov. 23 hearing was held in Detroit, Mich.; Nov. 25 hearing was held in Cleveland, Ohio. |
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... believe , is that measures should be taken by the Federal Government to provide for compulsory medical treatment of drug addicts and for greatly expanded research into the method by which we can attain the highest rate of cure . Now ...
... believe , is that measures should be taken by the Federal Government to provide for compulsory medical treatment of drug addicts and for greatly expanded research into the method by which we can attain the highest rate of cure . Now ...
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... believe , well worth while an investment for the country . In conclusion , I wish to assure your subcommittee of the fullest cooperation of the State administration , and we look forward to bene- fiting from the information and findings ...
... believe , well worth while an investment for the country . In conclusion , I wish to assure your subcommittee of the fullest cooperation of the State administration , and we look forward to bene- fiting from the information and findings ...
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... believe that it is a very definite problem that should be taken care of and attacked by doctors . But doctors have been scared away by the Federal Bureau , and naturally they - we are busy people ; we have other things to do , and so we ...
... believe that it is a very definite problem that should be taken care of and attacked by doctors . But doctors have been scared away by the Federal Bureau , and naturally they - we are busy people ; we have other things to do , and so we ...
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... believe so . Senator BUTLER . Will you elaborate on that statement just a little ? Dr. Howe . Every person who develops an incurable cancer with pain - now , 1 person in 6 in this country dies of cancer . There are a terrible lot of ...
... believe so . Senator BUTLER . Will you elaborate on that statement just a little ? Dr. Howe . Every person who develops an incurable cancer with pain - now , 1 person in 6 in this country dies of cancer . There are a terrible lot of ...
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... believe it would be impractical to keep all addicts in permanent confinement ; if not completely impractical it would certainly be fabulously expensive . The ultimate alternative , in terms of severity , is , of course , the death ...
... believe it would be impractical to keep all addicts in permanent confinement ; if not completely impractical it would certainly be fabulously expensive . The ultimate alternative , in terms of severity , is , of course , the death ...
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Page 2049 - An apothecary, only upon an official written order, may sell to a physician, dentist, or veterinarian, in quantities not exceeding one ounce at any one time, aqueous or oleaginous solutions of which the content of narcotic drugs does not exceed a proportion greater than twenty per cent of the complete solution, to be used for medical purposes.
Page 1391 - An order purporting to be a prescription issued to an addict or habitual user of narcotics, not in the course of professional treatment but for the purpose of providing the user with narcotics sufficient to keep him comfortable by maintaining his customary use...
Page 2046 - Coca leaves" includes cocaine and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of coca leaves, except derivatives of coca leaves which do not contain cocaine, ecgonine, or substances from which cocaine or ecgonine may be synthesized or made. (12) "Opium...
Page 2046 - ... but shall not include the mature stalks of such plant, fiber produced from such stalks, oil, or cake made from the seeds of such plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of such plant which is incapable of germination.
Page 1651 - I refuse to answer on the grounds that it might tend to incriminate me...
Page 2064 - Jurisdiction of courts. Subject to the power of removal provided for in this chapter, courts of special sessions, except in the city and county of New York and the city of Albany, have in the first instance exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine charges of misdemeanors committed within their respective counties, as follows: 1.
Page 1866 - ... the drug cannot be safely discontinued entirely on account of the severity of the withdrawal symptoms produced, (c) where it has been similarly demonstrated that the patient, while capable of leading a useful and relatively normal life when a certain minimum dose is regularly administered, becomes incapable of this when the drug is entirely discontinued.
Page 1391 - ... prescription issued to an addict or habitual user of narcotics, not in the course of professional treatment but for the purpose of providing the user with narcotics sufficient to keep him comfortable by maintaining his customary use, is not a prescription within the meaning and intent of the act; and the person filling such an order, as' well as the person issuing it, may be charged with violation of the law.
Page 1689 - ... held under the auspices of the Committee on Public Health of the New York Academy of Medicine, the transactions of which have been edited ably last year by HD Kruse (Hoeber-Harper).
Page 1388 - Council on Health and Public Instruction of the American Medical Association.