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:636D. NARCO, Inc.Narcotics Addiction Research and Community Opportunities, Inc., is a storefrontoperation concerned witli the rehabilitation of drug dependent persons. Itoffers a variety of services, including screening and referral to treatment centers,legal aid. personal and family counseling, a prerelease program in whichNARCO representatives visit Connecticut's penal institutions to help prepareinmates to function after their release, and an educational program.NARCO is about to receive funds from the Connecticut Planning Committeeon Criminal Administration to open a detoxification center. It also is involvedwith the drug dependence unit's epidemiology and evaluation unit in an NIMHgrant for the evaluation of drug educational programs and an epidemiologic surveyin various school systems. It has also recently opened a storefront inWaterbury.B. Drug Dependence InstituteThe Drug Dependence Institute functions on a national basis and offerstraining in the prevention and treatment of drug addiction to advance knowledgeand understanding of drug dependence. It also provides orientation and consultation.services to school systems and agencies throughout the Northeast.F. Epidemiology and evaluationThis division is responsible for evaluating the drug dependence unit's effectivenessin dealing with drug addiction, its ability to provide effective treatment fordrug-dependent persons, and its ability to reduce the level of drug dependence inthe area served by the project. To accomplish this, it monitors the activities of theunit and examines the incidence and prevalence of addiction in the area.2. Number Nine is a storefront crisis center, a "crash pad" and "hot line",which works with adolescents iu various difiiculties including those onto drugs.Its main work has been with users of psychedelics and amphetemines.3. Youth Crusaders, Inc. is a religious group modeled after Teen Challenge.It has no local facilities, but sends addicts to programs in New York and Philadelphia.It now operates on private contributions and volunteer services andhas been trying unsuccessfully for 2 years to raise funds for a local residentialcenter.4. New Haven has several neighborhood-based programs and anticipates thedevelopment of new ones. Similar to most. Project Enough is a storefront operationwhich provides information and referral to addicts and potential addictsin the Fair Haven area. It is hoping to operate a program in a vacant school in thearea, which the city of New Haven is providing to the project free of charge,which will include group counseling, individual counseling, community education,and recreation to local residents. As yet, funds to operate the pi'ograms havenot been available. The other neighborhood-based programs are not firmlyestablished and have, therefore, not been included.Besides these efforts, others exist in the city, especially through educationabout drug abuse in the schools and enfoi-cement activities in the police department.These are not as clearly identifiable and will not be included specificallyhere. The funds involved during the current fiscal year in the programs mentionedabove areFederal State Local Total_Drug Dependence Unit- $574,000 $146,000 $720,000Drug Dependence Institute' 317,174 317, 174NARC02 87,468 87,468Project Enough (for 4 months) $150 150Number Nine, 35,000 35,000Youth Crusaders, Inc 6,000 6,000Total.. 891,174 283,468 41,150 1,165,792' Funds for DDI are separate than those received for the Drug Dependence Unit. $139,025 is used for national training and$178,149 for the New Haven area.2 These funds are received in addition to those through the Drug Dependence UnitThus, a total of $1,165,792 is being spent on these programs alone and it comesnowhere near meeting our needs. The Methadone Maintenance program which

637now handles 200 people at a cost of $4.75 per person per day could easily bedoubled. Daytop could use a second facility to handle another 50 people at acost of $9.50 per person per day. NARCO has been told it will lose about $33,000in funding from the State and needs that much plus $50,000 to renovate itsdetoxification center. The use of Naloxone at the Out-Patient Clinic is now availableto only 15 people ; funds for 75 additional people at $10 per person per daycould be utilized immediately. The $50,000 now being spent on outpatient servicesfor acid and speed users could be tripled. Neighborhood centers to provide preventionaland educational centers, alternatives and referrals are needed. In otherwords, a tremendous amount of money is needed right away for New Havenbarely to begin to meet its needs.THE ROLE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTLegislation for treatment efforts is in place. The item lacking is funding.Other than possibly consolidating the programs in a single office in HEW,instead of the current situation in which they are in the Office of Education,the National Institute of Mental Health and the Office of Economic Opportunityno new legislation would appear to be necessary, rather increased appropriations.More funds are also needed for the grants administered through the Law EnforcementAssistance Administration of the Justice Department which providemoney for drug abuse programs.Enforcement efforts at the local level are not and cannot be sufficient to dealwith the problems of the availability of drugs. We cannot stop the Mow ofdrugs into our cities because the flow into this country is not under control.Greater enforcement efforts are needed along the countx-y's borders. Morecustoms officers and more stringent procedures for searching incoming goodsand ti'avelers could greatly decrease the amount of available drugs, especiallyheroin. In addition, the dispensation of drugs through doctors and pharmaciesshould be much more closely regulated. Each should be required to submitreports to the government on all drugs distributed through them. This couldgreatly reduce the abuse of amphetamines and narcotics.It must be realized that any of these efforts are stop-gap in nature. The needfor drugs or any other outlet stems from pi'Oblems in our society. These areproblems which I would not presume to define but which cannot be dealt withthrough anything short of a national effort. What is it in this country or inhuman society that makes man turn to drugs or alcohol or any other escapemechanism?I appreciate the opportunity to submit this testimony to you and hope thatwe can find a way for this country to deal with this serious problem.[Exhibit No. 26(e)]Statement Submitted by Joseph F. O'Neill, Commissioner, PoliceDepartment, Philadelphia, Pa.The narcotics problem in Philadelphia, as in every other area of our Nation,h,as increased substantially in recent years. This is reflected in the dramatic jumpin the number of offenders arrested for narcotic violations as indicated in thefollowing table:lear:Totalarrests1965 ,9281966 14461967 18711968 304719G9 38281970 7218Based on current arrest rates, approximately 10,000 persons will be chargedwith narcotic violations in Philadelphia during 1971.iCertainly this tenfold increase in narcotic arrests Is cause for concern. Froma police view, narcotics activity today requires a major portion of police manpowerfor the detection and apprehension of persons involved in the sale, possessionand use of narcotics in the community. Also a significant amount of othercrime is generated by narcotics addicts who must frequently commit property60-296—71—pt. 2 20

:636D. NARCO, Inc.<strong>Narcotics</strong> Addiction Research <strong>and</strong> Community Opportunities, Inc., is a storefrontoperation concerned witli the <strong>rehabilitation</strong> of drug dependent persons. Itoffers a variety of services, including screening <strong>and</strong> referral to <strong>treatment</strong> centers,legal aid. personal <strong>and</strong> family counseling, a prerelease program in whichNARCO representatives visit Connecticut's penal institutions to help prepareinmates to function after their release, <strong>and</strong> an educational program.NARCO is about to receive funds from the Connecticut Planning Committeeon Criminal Administration to open a detoxification center. It also is involvedwith the drug dependence unit's epidemiology <strong>and</strong> evaluation unit in an NIMHgrant for the evaluation of drug educational programs <strong>and</strong> an epidemiologic surveyin various school systems. It has also recently opened a storefront inWaterbury.B. Drug Dependence InstituteThe Drug Dependence Institute functions on a national basis <strong>and</strong> offerstraining in the prevention <strong>and</strong> <strong>treatment</strong> of drug addiction to advance knowledge<strong>and</strong> underst<strong>and</strong>ing of drug dependence. It also provides orientation <strong>and</strong> consultation.services to school systems <strong>and</strong> agencies throughout the Northeast.F. Epidemiology <strong>and</strong> evaluationThis division is responsible for evaluating the drug dependence unit's effectivenessin dealing with drug addiction, its ability to provide effective <strong>treatment</strong> fordrug-dependent persons, <strong>and</strong> its ability to reduce the level of drug dependence inthe area served by the project. To accomplish this, it monitors the activities of theunit <strong>and</strong> examines the incidence <strong>and</strong> prevalence of addiction in the area.2. Number Nine is a storefront crisis center, a "crash pad" <strong>and</strong> "hot line",which works with adolescents iu various difiiculties including those onto drugs.Its main work has been with users of psychedelics <strong>and</strong> amphetemines.3. Youth Crusaders, Inc. is a religious group modeled after Teen Challenge.It has no local facilities, but sends addicts to programs in New York <strong>and</strong> Philadelphia.It now operates on private contributions <strong>and</strong> volunteer services <strong>and</strong>has been trying unsuccessfully for 2 years to raise funds for a local residentialcenter.4. New Haven has several neighborhood-based programs <strong>and</strong> anticipates thedevelopment of new ones. Similar to most. Project Enough is a storefront operationwhich provides information <strong>and</strong> referral to addicts <strong>and</strong> potential addictsin the Fair Haven area. It is hoping to operate a program in a vacant school in thearea, which the city of New Haven is providing to the project free of charge,which will include group counseling, individual counseling, community education,<strong>and</strong> recreation to local residents. As yet, funds to operate the pi'ograms havenot been available. The other neighborhood-based programs are not firmlyestablished <strong>and</strong> have, therefore, not been included.Besides these efforts, others exist in the city, especially through educationabout drug abuse in the schools <strong>and</strong> enfoi-cement activities in the police department.These are not as clearly identifiable <strong>and</strong> will not be included specificallyhere. The funds involved during the current fiscal year in the programs mentionedabove areFederal State Local Total_Drug Dependence Unit- $574,000 $146,000 $720,000Drug Dependence Institute' 317,174 317, 174NARC02 87,468 87,468Project Enough (for 4 months) $150 150Number Nine, 35,000 35,000Youth Crusaders, Inc 6,000 6,000Total.. 891,174 283,468 41,150 1,165,792' Funds for DDI are separate than those received for the Drug Dependence Unit. $139,025 is used for national training <strong>and</strong>$178,149 for the New Haven area.2 These funds are received in addition to those through the Drug Dependence UnitThus, a total of $1,165,792 is being spent on these programs alone <strong>and</strong> it comesnowhere near meeting our needs. The Methadone Maintenance program which

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