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

—564Mr. Perito. Would it be fair to describe this area as an iippermiddle-classcommunity ?Dr. Chambers. Yes ; it is.'Mr. Perito. Please continue.Mr. Jones. I have already alluded to the significance of the newphenomenon of multiple use and multiple-diTig abuse, multiple addiction.In 1944 there was 8 percent of the population at Lexington thathad concurrent use of opiates and barbitura.tes, with 1 percent addictedto opiates: By 1966, that figure had swelled, believe it or not,to 54 percent, from 8 to 54 percent in 22 years, that showed concurrentuse of opiates and other types of drugs, M'ith 35 percent addicted.I think it is important, gentlemen, that in all your deliberations, youfocus upon not only what drugs do to an individual, but what theydo for an individual. I made some reference to this earlier when Isaid that increasingly larger numbers of drug users find themsehesinvolved as a matter of recreation, as a matter of, almost, survival in avery hectic, teeming sort of way of life.There are other statistics, as I said. I fall victim myself to the thingI keep saying I will not. but as you can see, whenever j'ou get involvedin studies of this kind, you do tend to get overwhelmed by thefacts and figures that are revealed. I w^ill try not to burden you anyfurther with these statistics.The next categor}' I would like to discuss generally, gentlemen, isa comparison of the Federal and State efforts. There was much discussionwhen we were putting this together because of the fear, don'tyou see, that whatever we say in this context might be construedand w^e hope not—as critical of the Federal Government or the presentadministration. It is not intended to be, per se. It is done only andentirely in the hope that further cooperative effort will be generatedand further meaningful channels explored of cooperation between Federaland State Governments.Chairman Pepper. Mr. Jones, let me make it clear for the recordthat the purpose of this committee is not to be critical but to be commendatoryof the effort being made, and to try to find out fromknowledgeable sources the magnitude of the problem and the magnitudeof the effort that will have to be made to cope with the problem.Mr. Jones. Thank you, sir ; as commendable as the Federal effortshave been, gentlemen, they are simply not enough. Comparisons areodious, I know, but when you consider, sirs, that in 4 years, the Stateof New York has spent almost a half billion dollars in its entire drugeffort,the figure is actually $475.3 million, almost half a billion dollarsin 4 3'ears operation, I think you can understand the point I am tryingto make.Mr. Perito. Commissioner, excuse me, are you referring to all relateddrug-abuse activities ?Mr. Jones. That is right. This is not just operational budget figuresfor the commission itself; these are also for funding of agencies, pri-A'ate agencies that are treating drug addicts.Mr. Perito. Is that excluding the cost of law enforcement ?Mr. Jones. Yes.Mr. Hesse. Yes ; it is.l\fr. Jones. That is excluding law enforcement: right.Mr. Brasco. But that includes all the administra(ivi> coMri'f