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

573and we could not get them to entertain the applications that we hadprepared for them.On that particular point, when you talk about a disservice to thepeople of this country—and forgive me, Congressman, if I am somewhatcynical ; I am a political scientist—the people of this country respondedto what this Congress did last year in approving Public Law91-513 and Public Law 91-527. You promised them an opportunityfor drug education programs and the Office of Education received applicationstotaling $70 million. And they only had $6 million to spend.You should read the letters that the Office of Education had to sendout.Mr. Brasco. That is what we should be hearing.Mr. Hesse. Right.At the same time, NIMH had $6.5 million to implement the comprehensivedrug abuse treatment program under the special programgrants section. They received 79 applications totaling $26 million andthey had $6.5 million.Now, the initial estimate of $23 million in the first year that wasmade by this Congress when they drafted the bill was fairly precise,,because you got just about that much. $3.5 million more, from programsaround the country. But regardless of what kind of programdollar estimates you make here, Congressmen, or regardless of whatpeople may think about New York and what we have accomplishedwith our $475 million, if you put forth programs and you put forthbills, there must be a general consensus here in this Congress, and withthe administration, that you will actually fund the programs that youmake available to the country. You cannot repeat what you did in1970-71.Mr. Brasco. I agree with you and that is why I am rather concernedabout this present declaration of war on drug addiction. Itwould seem to me that, if we come up with the figure of $3.5 billion,it is costing in one way or another because of the scourge of drug addiction; then for openers, we ought to at least get to that point where weare talking on a war level— give the program $3.5 billion. Unless wedo that, I just do not think that you can draw up any guidelines thatI agree with you. I think in the rhetoric of speeches,make any sense ;the American people have been told so much and expect so much andreceive so little ; that is why we are involved in the kind of situationthat we have today, where there is just great disbelief in government,period. And I think that is what we want to hear, that kind of criticismAvhich—well, it is not criticism, it is the truth. And I think it is constructive.If we are continually saying "I do not mean to criticize,*'then we are not going to get anywhere.Mr. JoxES. There is only one thing wrong with it, of course, andthat is that assuming the money were provided, the tendency would bea year from now to say, "Well, let us see what you have done with it;how many of the people that you have treated now remain drug free ?"Questions like that are awfully hard to answer, you see.Chairman Pepper. Mr. Jones, let me ask you one question. Have youany recommendation out of your wide experience in this area as to thetype of treatment and rehabilitation agency or facility there should;be? I mean by that do you contemplate that the treatment should begiven, for example, by j)rivate physicians or do you contemplate that60-296—71—pt. 2 16