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Narcotics research, rehabilitation, and treatment. Hearings, Ninety ...

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413Mr. R ANGEL. But from the studies that you received, it doesn't.Dr. Edwards. Well, again, I couldn't make a comment on thatspecifically. I would hope that it did. In other words, there are reasonswhy patients are selected for a study. I am not being necessarilycritical of the investigators per se, but it may be that for the firstgroup, they wanted a better educated group to try this on. I don'tknow all of the background.Mr. Rangel. Now, your testimony reveals 257 IND numbers, 277programs, 185 of these programs are in institutions. How many investigatorsdo you have to police these IND numbers?Dr. Edwards. Well, theoretically, we have some 700 inspectors inthe field for general use. At the moment, we are probably using, oh, Isuspect 50 of our inspection al staff for this particular purpose.Mr. Rangel. Now the92 that are other, how many of those arelocated in New York State?Dr. Gardner. There are approximately 60 in the New York Cityarea <strong>and</strong> about another 20 or so throughout the rest of the State.Mr. Rangel. How many investigators would be assigned to thosethat are located in New York City?Dr. Gardner. There is a staff of at least 100 in the New York Cityregional office but at the moment only a small portion of those peopleare assigned to this particular kind of investigation.Dr. Edwards. At the moment it is a combmed effort between ourheadquarters staff <strong>and</strong> the particular regional staff, wherever theprogram might be. Again, as I mentioned earlier, it does take somespecialized traming to be able to properly evaluate some of theseprograms, some of the technical aspects of it. I suspect that we haveused off <strong>and</strong> on in the last several weeks in the New York area probably25 or 30 different people.Mr. Rangel. Are you satisfied with the clinical work of the methadoneclinics that operate on 95th <strong>and</strong> 97th Streets in the city of NewYork, Manhattan?Dr. Edwards. No; we absolutely are not.Mr. Rangel. Well, why is it that they are still allowed to, in thecommunity's opinion, dispense without regulatory sanctions?Dr. Edwards. We have inspected their operation. If the deficienciesthat were pointed out to them very clearly are not corrected in just amatter of days, the program will be terminated.Mr. Rangel. Now, I have contacted your office I think severalmonths ago. Are we saying that we are now within a couple of days ofreaching a conclusion?Dr. Edwards. I think that is a fair statement; yes.Mr. Rangel. Is it true that your Agency has authorized or givenIND numbers to physicians that have been convicted of violating theHarrison Act?Dr. Jennings. I don't believe that to be so, sir. I would hope not.Mr. Rangel. Well, specifically, a doctor from the District ofColumbia. Did he have a con^dction of violating the Federal narcoticlaws when he was issued his IND, after your investigation?Dr. Jennings. I don't know that, sir. We can check that out for you.I hate to keep going back to history but only very recently, the requu'ementof prior approval by both the Bureau of <strong>Narcotics</strong> <strong>and</strong>Dangerous Drugs <strong>and</strong> ourselves was put into effect. It would be pos-60-296—71^pt. 2 6

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