Narcotics research, rehabilitation, and treatment. Hearings, Ninety ...
Narcotics research, rehabilitation, and treatment. Hearings, Ninety ... Narcotics research, rehabilitation, and treatment. Hearings, Ninety ...
208TABLE 28.-MILITARY SERVICEAddictService:YesNoNo answerTotal(a) Years in military service:1 year2years3 years4 yearsMore thaa4 yearsNo answer_Total( b) Type of military discharge:HonorableDishonorableMedicalGeneral.. ..-Other.No answer; don't knowTotal_.
NARCOTICS RESEARCH, REHABILITATION,AND TREATMENTWEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1971House of Representatives,Select Committee on Crime,Washington^ D.C.The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 :00 a.m., in room 2253,Rayburn House Office Building, the Honorable Claude Pepper (chairman)presiding.Present : Representatives Pepper, Waldie, Brasco, Mann, Murphy,Rangel, Wiggins, Steiger, Winn, Sandman, and Keating.Also present: Paul Perito, chief counsel; and Michael W. Blommer,associate chief counsel.Chairman Pepper. The committee will come to order please.The Select Committee on Crime today continues its hearings intowhat science and medicine can do to help us fight heroin addiction inthe United States.Yesterday, we heard impressive testimony from Dr. Frances Gearingof New York and Dr. Robert DuPont of the District of Columbiaon the effectiveness of methadone programs.Today we are continuing our examination of methadone with testimonyfrom Dr. Jerome Jaffe, director of the Illinois Drug AbuseProgram.Dr. Jaffe was originally scheduled to testify yesterday, but waskind enough to stay over until today as we ran behind schedule becauseof several votes on the floor.We will also hear testimony today from Dr. Harvey Gollance, assistantmedical director of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.Both Dr. Jaffe and Dr. Gollance have had wide experience in theadministration of methadone maintenance programs.We also have with us today Robert F. Horan, Commonwealth attorneyfor Fairfax County, Va., who will tell us about the specialdrug-abuse problems of his suburban county.We will also hear from Dr. Daniel Casriel about a new treatmentprogram for heroin addicts that employs a rapid-acting detoxificationdrug.And, finally. Dr. Gerald Davidson, of Boston City Hospital, willexplain the workings of his program.We hope that the information we receive from these witnesses andothers yet to appear will help us formulate recommendations to theCongress on what the Federal Government can do to fight addiction, inaddition to what we are now doing.(209)
- Page 170 and 171: 158It would seem to me a very busy
- Page 172 and 173: 160we had before. I don't think it
- Page 174 and 175: 162heroin addiction and support all
- Page 176 and 177: 164Dr. DuPoNT. I am reluctant to ge
- Page 178 and 179: 166Using this figure as rule of thu
- Page 180 and 181: )168ment facilities for heroin addi
- Page 182 and 183: .170parole departments. None were c
- Page 184 and 185: ::172Table 2.— Selected character
- Page 186 and 187: 174TABLE 3.—HEROIN ADDICTION RATE
- Page 188 and 189: 176W.a^^cc-V.c Cffv..AdF-ro ftcoKjL
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- Page 196 and 197: 184encouraged to return to methadon
- Page 198 and 199: 186or other side effects. This incr
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- Page 202 and 203: 190Attachment ThreeTo all medical s
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- Page 206 and 207: 194ATTACHMENT NINEGOVERNMENT OF THE
- Page 208 and 209: ......—196half of the addicts sta
- Page 210 and 211: 198CONCLUSIONSCertain patterns emer
- Page 212 and 213: 200TABLE 5.— PROFILE OF BARBITUAR
- Page 214 and 215: 202TABLE ll.-SUPPORT OF HEROIN HABI
- Page 216 and 217: 204TABLE 17.-AGE OF ADDICTS AND NON
- Page 218 and 219: 206TABLE 23.—PRESENT MARITAL STAT
- Page 222 and 223: :210The committee is pleased to cal
- Page 224 and 225: 212sists of a network of 21 geograp
- Page 226 and 227: 214(6) Basic studies on the nature
- Page 228 and 229: 216in fact, constitute autonomous o
- Page 230 and 231: Chairman Pepper. Mr. Perito?218;; M
- Page 232 and 233: ^'220is not a very forgiving drug.
- Page 234 and 235: '222Furthermore, in our present con
- Page 236 and 237: —224the Federal Government decide
- Page 238 and 239: -—I have presented one generic ki
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- Page 242 and 243: 230I realize we are running late.Do
- Page 244 and 245: ''232'']Vir. Winn. Tiien you mentio
- Page 246 and 247: 234So having put it in the area, ha
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- Page 250 and 251: ;238A central hypothermic response
- Page 252 and 253: ;240South Bronx, Bedford-Stuyvesant
- Page 254 and 255: 242€are of patient addicts. We ha
- Page 256 and 257: 244hospitals in the city, came into
- Page 258 and 259: 246that came into my office, and I
- Page 260 and 261: 'Mr.;>•/nmo'.i,,;248deputy commis
- Page 262 and 263: :250two Rockefeller Institute physi
- Page 264 and 265: :252during pliase II that serious e
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NARCOTICS RESEARCH, REHABILITATION,AND TREATMENTWEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1971House of Representatives,Select Committee on Crime,Washington^ D.C.The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 :00 a.m., in room 2253,Rayburn House Office Building, the Honorable Claude Pepper (chairman)presiding.Present : Representatives Pepper, Waldie, Brasco, Mann, Murphy,Rangel, Wiggins, Steiger, Winn, S<strong>and</strong>man, <strong>and</strong> Keating.Also present: Paul Perito, chief counsel; <strong>and</strong> Michael W. Blommer,associate chief counsel.Chairman Pepper. The committee will come to order please.The Select Committee on Crime today continues its hearings intowhat science <strong>and</strong> medicine can do to help us fight heroin addiction inthe United States.Yesterday, we heard impressive testimony from Dr. Frances Gearingof New York <strong>and</strong> Dr. Robert DuPont of the District of Columbiaon the effectiveness of methadone programs.Today we are continuing our examination of methadone with testimonyfrom Dr. Jerome Jaffe, director of the Illinois Drug AbuseProgram.Dr. Jaffe was originally scheduled to testify yesterday, but waskind enough to stay over until today as we ran behind schedule becauseof several votes on the floor.We will also hear testimony today from Dr. Harvey Gollance, assistantmedical director of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York.Both Dr. Jaffe <strong>and</strong> Dr. Gollance have had wide experience in theadministration of methadone maintenance programs.We also have with us today Robert F. Horan, Commonwealth attorneyfor Fairfax County, Va., who will tell us about the specialdrug-abuse problems of his suburban county.We will also hear from Dr. Daniel Casriel about a new <strong>treatment</strong>program for heroin addicts that employs a rapid-acting detoxificationdrug.And, finally. Dr. Gerald Davidson, of Boston City Hospital, willexplain the workings of his program.We hope that the information we receive from these witnesses <strong>and</strong>others yet to appear will help us formulate recommendations to theCongress on what the Federal Government can do to fight addiction, inaddition to what we are now doing.(209)
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