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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 066 678 CG 007 346 TITLE Task Force Report: Narcotics and Drug Abuse. INS7ITUTION President's Commission on L DOCUMENT RESUME ED 066 678 CG 007 346 TITLE Task Force Report: Narcotics and Drug Abuse. INS7ITUTION President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 67 NOTE 167p. EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$6.58 DESCRIPTORS Crime; *Drug Abuse; *Drug Addiction; *Drug Education; *Drug Legislation; Law Enforcement; Legal Problems; Marihuana; *Narcotics; Socially Deviant Behavior ABSTRACT This report contains a number of the papers submitted to the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice, by outside consultants. Chapter Eight of that commission's report, "The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society," is reprinted at the beginning of this report, with the addition of annotations to indicate source materials considered. But this volume does not in any sense embody a comprehensive treatment of the complex and important problems of drug abuse. Limitation of resources has led this commission to limit the scope and depth of its work in this area. Among till: topics discussed in this report are:(1) the drugs and their reputation,(2) enforcement, (3) drug abuse and crime, (4) penalties,(5) marihuana,(6) treatment, (7) civil commitment, (8) medical practice and addiction, and (9) education. Six appendix sections are presented covering such topics as dangerous drugs, narcotics, drug legislation, treatment of drug addiction, and civil commitment of narcotic addicts. (Author/BW) rt. s,71"': * e. , ' ef:ill ' ' Atks" n'i1/4,..il...""ts:iyhi;eZd.r" ' - ;).- 4- sq.' W, - ' , , ; Vi MV 4, y t, , ,1%., 1'1 44:r1017'14,1, ' : ' , '1IA 4 1 ' 1,;% ert0 tc . '° I " 4, .1? . ','" . .,...;,y,14;',. 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Papers TASK FORCEREPORT: ,r NARCOTICS AND DRUG ABUSE ANNOTATIONS AND CONSULTANTS' PAPERS Task Force on Narcotics and Drug Abuse THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington: 1967. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.Price $1.00. Copies of the Commission's general report, "The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society," can be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents for $2.25. Copies of other task force reports and other supporting materials can also be purchased. 4 FOREWORD In February of this year the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice issued its general report: "The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society."Chapter 8 of that report made findings and recommendations relating to narcotics and drug abuse.That chapter is reprinted at the beginning of this volume, with the addition of annotations to indicate source materials considered.In addition, this volume contains a number of the papers submitted to the Commission by outside consultants.Some material from these papers was used as background documentation in the preparation of the chapter, and they are believed to be of interest and value as source material.But this volume does not in any sense embody a comprehensive treatment of the complex and important problems of drug abuse. Limitations on our re ources and the fact that another presidential commission with specific responsibility for these problems had recently issued its report led the Com- mission to limit the scope and depth of its work in this area. A panel of Commission members had special responsibility for this area.Many members of the Commission staff participated in the work on this subject, and Anthony Lapham and Bruce J. Terris of the staff devoted their primary attention to it.The inclusion of consultants' papers does not indicate endorsement by the panel of Commission members or by the staff. As noted in the foreword to the general report, the Commission's work was a joint undertaking, involving the collaboration of Federal, State, local, and private agencies and groups, hundreds of expert consultants and advisers, and the Com- mission's own staff.The Commission is deeply grateful for the talent and dedication of its staff and for the unstinting assistance and advice of consultants, advisers, and collaborating agencies whose efforts are reflected in this volume. ei.A. la I( NICHOLAS DEB ATZENBACH Chairman THE COMMISSION Nicholas deB.Katzenbach, Chairman Genevieve Blatt James B. Parsons Charles D. Breitel* Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Kingman Brewster William P. Rogers Garrett H. Byrne Robert G. Storey Thomas J. Cahill Julia D. Stuart Otis Chandler Robert F. Wagner* Leon Jaworski Herbert Wechsler Thomas C. Lynch* Whitney M. Young, Jr. Ross L. Malone Luther W. Youngdahl *Narcotics and Drug Abuse Task Force panel members. THE STAFF Executive Director: James Vorenberg Deputy Director: William Caldwell Weston R. Campbell, Jr. Henry S. Ruth, Jr. Gerald M. Caplan Roland Chilton Joseph G. J. Connolly Associate Directors: Virginia N. Crawford Elizabeth Bartholet DuBois Gene S. Muehleisen Paul B. Duruz Elmer K. Nelson, Jr. Robert L. Emrich Lloyd E. Oh lin Victor Gioscia Arthur Rosett Sheldon Krantz Anthony Lapham John L. McCausland Assistant Directors: Roma. K. /v1cNickle Sheila Ann Mulvihill David B. Burnham Albert W. Overby, Jr. Bruce J. Terris Nick Pappas Samuel G. Chapman (Police) John F. Quinn Howard Ohmart (Corrections) Robert Rice Vincent O'Leary (Corrections) Gordon D. Rowe Charles H. Rogovin (Organized Crime) Susan Freeman Schapiro Floyd Feeney (Assessment) Gerald Stern Thelma C. Stevens Keith Stubblefield Director of Science and Technology: Martin Timin G. Joseph Vining Alfred Blumstein Richardson White, Jr. iv CONSULTANTS Dennis S. Aronowitz, Assistant Professor of Law, Wash- Public Health Service, Department of Health, Educa- ington University, St. Louis, Mo. tion, and Welfare Richard H. Blum, Professor, Project Director, Psycho- Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Mass. pharznocologyProject,Instituteforthe Study of Michael P. Rosenthal, Assistant Professor of Law, Rutgers Human Problems, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. University, Camden, N.J. Jonathan 0. Cole, M.D., Chief, PsychopharmocologyDavid Wexler, Attorney, Criminal Division, Department Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, of Justice ADVISERS David Acheson, Special Assistant to the Secretary (for Francis Gearing, M.D., Research Unit, School of Public Enforcement), Department of the Treasury Health, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Carl L. Anderson, Chief Program Consultant, CerterHenry L. Giordano, Commissioner, Bureau of Narcotics, for Studies of Narcotic and Drug Abuse, National Department of the Treasury Institute of Mental Health, Public Health Service,Kenneth R. Lennington, Assistant to the Director for Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Regulatory Operations, Food and Drug Administra- Dale C. Cameron, M.D., Superintendent, St. Elizabeths tion, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Hospital, Washington, D.C. Dean Markham,' Special Assistantto the President, David Deitch, Executive Director, Daytop Village, Inc., Great Lakes Carbon Corp., Washington, D.C. New York, N.Y. Aloysius J. Melia, Deputy Commissioner, Trials, New Vincent P. Dole, M.D., Senior Physician and Professor, York City Police Department, New York, N.Y. Rockefeller University, New York, N.Y. Donald S. Miller, Chief Counsel, Bureau of Narcotics, John Enright, Assistant to the Commissioner, Bureau of Department of the Treasury Narcotics, Department of the Treasury Herbert S. Miller, Senior Research Attorney, Institute of John Finlator, Director, Bureau of Drug Abuse Control, Criminal Law and Procedure, Georgetown University Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, Law Center, Washington, D.C. Education, and Welfare Henry E. Peterson, Chief, Organized Crime and Racket- James H. Fox, Acting Chief, Center for Studies of Nar- eering Section, Criminal Division, Department of cotic and Drug Abuse, National Institute of Mental Justice Health, Public Health Service, Department of Health, Robert Rasor, M.D., Medical Officer in Charge, U.S. Education, and Welfare Public Health Service Hospital, Lexington, Ky. George Gaffney, Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Nar-Richard J. Tatham, Chief of the Alocholic and Drug cotics, Department of the Treasury Addiction Program, Development Office, D.C. De- F. M. Garfield, Special Assistant to the Commissioner partment of Health, Washington, D.C. for Drug Abuse Control, Food and Drug Administra- tion, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 'Deceased. SUPPORTING STAFF AND SERVICES Secretarial and Clerical James A. Adkins Conchita A. Brown Doris T. Farmer Patricia A. Lanham Doris J. Bacon Scennie M. Brown Ann Felegy Joan E. Peterson Margaret Beale Suzanne L. Carpenter Mary Fox Evelene Richards Mary G. Bergbom Barbara A. Casassa Carol A. Hambleton Lee E. Salerno Margaret P. Bickford Sally
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