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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... period ? Dr. HowE . Nine months . Senator BUTLER . Nine months ? Dr. Howe . Yes . Senator BUTLER . What was the maximum registration of addicts during that period ? Dr. HowE . Nearly 8,000 , 7,000 or something . Senator BUTLER . Out of ...
... period ? Dr. HowE . Nine months . Senator BUTLER . Nine months ? Dr. Howe . Yes . Senator BUTLER . What was the maximum registration of addicts during that period ? Dr. HowE . Nearly 8,000 , 7,000 or something . Senator BUTLER . Out of ...
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... period was so low - about 60 cents a drachm - that competition by peddlers could not be lucrative . *** When , however , the Harrison Narcotic Act was passed in 1914 , the city clinic was discontinued . Those patients who were willing ...
... period was so low - about 60 cents a drachm - that competition by peddlers could not be lucrative . *** When , however , the Harrison Narcotic Act was passed in 1914 , the city clinic was discontinued . Those patients who were willing ...
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... period between 1914 when this became law , and 1919 , and 1920 , when the prohibition officials took over the enforce- ment , there was quite a period in there when , as I say , there was no question of criminality attending on this ...
... period between 1914 when this became law , and 1919 , and 1920 , when the prohibition officials took over the enforce- ment , there was quite a period in there when , as I say , there was no question of criminality attending on this ...
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... period of time , the victim is imprisoned for life , albeit at intervals of a few months at a time . How , then , can we put " amen " to this vicious narcotics racket and the misery and tragedy it brings to shattered lives . In the ...
... period of time , the victim is imprisoned for life , albeit at intervals of a few months at a time . How , then , can we put " amen " to this vicious narcotics racket and the misery and tragedy it brings to shattered lives . In the ...
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... period in the treatment of drug addiction , in the hospital or in the community during the followthrough period ? Dr. STEVENSON . In the community . The great majority of our Vancouver addicts got off drugs themselves , and I have gone ...
... period in the treatment of drug addiction , in the hospital or in the community during the followthrough period ? Dr. STEVENSON . In the community . The great majority of our Vancouver addicts got off drugs themselves , and I have gone ...
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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.