DOCUMENT RESUME ED 255 820 CG 018 152 TITLE Update of 1983-84 Field Hearings. Hearing before the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. House of Representatives, Ninety-Eighth Congress, Second Session. INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. REPORT NO SCNAC-98-2-1 PUB DATE 10 Apr 84 NOTE 173p.; Portions of document may be illegible because of small print. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS Agency Cooperation; Agriculture; *Drug Abuse; Drug Education; Drug Rehabilitation; *Federal Aid; Federal Programs; *Federal State Relationship; Government Role; Hearings; *Illegal Drug Use; Land Use; *Law Enforcement; Marihuana; Prevention IDENTIFIERS Congress 98th; Heroin ABSTRACT This document presents testimony and prepared statements from the Congressional hearings held to summarize information from field hearings which were held in five states to examine the resources and support given by the federal government to local law enforcement officers to fight the problems of illegal drug use and abuse. Testimony and prepared statements are presented from police officials, congressmen, and representatives from programs organized to stop marijuana planting and drug trafficking in these states. Topics covered include drug abuse treatment programs, narcotics trafficking, and efforts to control drug problems (New York); marijuana crops grown on federal lands. and the difficulties involved in locating and destroying clops (California); corruption of a town brought about by drug dealing (Florida); the growing influx of heroin from Mexico (Texas); and problems of marijuana planting and transshipments of drugs (Hawaii). Witnesses' views are given concerning the need for better drug education and rehabilitation programs, more cooperation with local law enforcement agencies from the federal government, dissatisfaction with federal government assistance cutbacks, and a need for commitment from the federal government along with resources and financial assistance. Also included are a 1983 Campaign Against Marijuana Planting Report and excerpts from the Attorney General's Commission on Narcotics Final Report. (NRB) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * **************,.**********************.ft********************************* UPDATE OF 1983-84 FIELD HEARINGS HEARING BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-EIGHTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION APRIL 10, 1984 Printed for the use of the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control SCNAC-98-2-1 CO r-1 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION A II( INA;III I( (H(, INI (IRMA TION IPJ1f1( 1 HI( I 1.. I WI'', 'III.. O. "..11.I. otIpt.1,1. 1... Nil U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE :16 21:10 WASHINGTON : 1984 2 fI SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York, Chairman PETER W. RODINO, JR., New Jersey BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York FORTNEY H, (PETE) STARK, California LAWRENCE COUGtiLIN, Pennsylvnnia JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York E. CLAY SHAW, Ji., Florida CARDISS COLLINS, Illinois MICHAEL G. OXLEY, Ohio DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii JOEL PRITC'HARD, Washington FRANK J. GUARINI, New Jersey STAN PARRIS, Virginia ROBERT T. MATSUI, California GENE CRAPPIE, California DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida DUNCAN HUNTER, California WALTER E. FAUNTROY, District of TOM LEWIS, Florida Columbia WILLIAM J. HUGHES, New Jersey SAM B. HALL, JR., Texas MEL LEVINE, California SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas LAWRENCE J. SMITH, Florida EDOIPHUS "ED" TOWNS, New York COMMFITES STAFF JOHNT.CUSACK,Chief of Staff RICHARDB. Lows III, Chief Counsel Ei.i.iorr A.BROWN,Minority Staff Director (HI CONTENTS Page Testimony of Benjamin Ward, police commissioner,New York City Police Department 4 Testimony of Julio A. Martinez, director,New York State Division of Sub- stance Abuse Services 10 Testimony of Sterling Johnson, Jr., special narcoticsprosecutor for the city of New York 13 Testimony of Randy Rossi, director of the campaign againstmarijuana plant- ing, California Department of Justice 20 Testimony of Zane Smith, Jr., Regional Forester,Pacific Southwest Region, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture 28 Testimony of Bruce Conrad, Deputy Director,Bureau of Land Management, California State Office, Department of the Irterior 34 Testimony of Michael A. Lilly, first deputy attorney general,State of Hawaii, Department of the Attorney General 41 Testimony or Charles Wakita, commanding officer incharge of the vice section, Hawaii County Police Department 46 Testimony of Hon. Thomas Lewis,a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida 57 Testimony of Sheriff James Holt, Martin County,FL 59 Testimony of Gary FrecLette, program specialist, departmentof school board safety, Palm Beach County School Board 62 Testimony of Hon. Solomon P. Ortiz,a Representative in Congress from the State of Texas 75 Testimony of Andres Vega, Jr., chief of police,Brownsville Police Depart- ment, Brownsville, TX 77 Testimony of David Pollard, director, KlebergCounty Alcoholism Office, Kingsville, TX $1 Prepared statement of Benjamin Ward 92 Prepared statement of Julio A. Martinez 93 Prepared statement of Sterling Johnson, Jr 97 Prepared statement of Randy Rossi 98 Prepared statement of Zane G. Smith, Jr 100 Prepared statement of Bruce Conrad 101 Prepared statement of Michael A. Lilly 103 Overview of marijuana cultivation in Hawaii County 107 Prepared statement of Hon. Tom Lewis, Member ofCongress 118 Prepared statement of Hon. Solomon P. Ortiz, Memberof Congress 119 Prepared statement of Andres Vega, Jr ' 121 Prepared statement of David M. Pollard 122 Submission for the record-1983 CAMP Report 126 Submission for the recordExcerpts from the AttorneyGeneral's Commission on Narcotics Final Report, February 1984 166 1 UPDATE OF 1983-84 FIELD HEARINGS TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1984 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSEAND CONTROL, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 9:30a.m., in room 2212, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Charles B.Rangel, presiding. Present: Representatives Charles B. Rangel,Daniel K. Akaka, Sam B. Hall, Jr., Solomon P. Ortiz,Benjamin A. Gilman, Gene Chappie, and Tom Lewis. Staff present: John T. Cusack, chief of staff;Richard B. Lowe, chief counsel; Elliott A. Brown, minority staffdirector; George R. Gilbert, counsel; Edward H. Jurith, counsel;Michael J. Kelley, counsel; Marc Lippman, counsel; John J.Capers, chief investigator; Martin I. Kurke, researcher; James W. Lawrence,minority profes- sional staff; Catherine E. Shaw, minorityprofessional staff; C. Robert Pfeifle, press officer; and Karen E.Watson, professional staff. Mr. RANGEL. The select committee willcome to order, and I want to share with the audience exactly what theagenda is of the select committee. We have visited 11 countries, drug producingcountries, in order to see what we could do to encourage thesecountries from growing these narcotics that are flowing intoour Nation. We also offered assistance where therewas some move toward eradication, in terms of providing economic andtechnical assist- ance, and also we made it abundantly clear that this Congresswas not prepared just to move on, giving military andeconomic assist- ance to those countries that had no concern about the drug prob- lem as we saw it. In addition to that, we felta responsibility to go around the country to see exactly as to whatresources and what support the Federal Government was giving to local lawenforcement officers. So, we had hearings in New York, Florida,Texas, California, and Hawaii, and we were amazedas to the gap that existed b ween local law enforcement and thepresence of the Federal task forces that were operating in most of these towns. So, what we are doing nowis regrouping before we make our final recommendations to the administration andthe Congress by revisiting in Washington, the places wherewe have had hearings, and, so, while we start off with the city of New Yorkpanel, we also hope to hear from people that we have talked withat hearings that we have had in California, Florida, Texas, and from the other sites that we've visited. (I) And, so, 'whin. Icall the first witness, I'd like to recognize Mr. Benjamin Gilman. Mr. GII.MAN. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to welcome our witnesses today, and thank them for giving of their time, and sharing their concerns in this vcry critical issue. I'm pleased that we're able to conduct this summary of wherewe have been and where we are going. The conclusions thatwe have reached during our recent field hearings, and after our missions to Latin America, to the Caribbean, to Southeast and Southwest Asia, reconfirmed the urgency with which we're going to have to act if we're goingto stop the flow of drugs into our own Nation. Trafficking production and abuse are up, the illicit narcotics in- dustry in our Nation, unfortunately, rakes inover $90 billion a year. That's $91) billion, not million. Countless lives are lost be- cause of drug abuse and countless futures that are without hope, and it's affecting mostly our young people across the Nation. And, yet, we are being called upon to helpour Nation and the producing nations of the world combat the epidemic of narcotics, and through our efforts, we adopted some legislation the Rangel- Gilman amendment was passed and adopted, andour State Depart- ment has begun to use this important tool in foreign policy consid- itions as our Nation attempts to make the narcotics issuea cen- tral one in our fOreign policy. And, as you know, that measure cuts off economic assistance to any nation that does not cooperate in cutting off the supply of nar- cotics and their producing areas. One of the most important facts for our review and attention is the fact that in our hearings, across the country lastyear, we were told time and time again that the drug problemwas not getting better; in fact, it was getting worse and that it's necessary to stop the flow into our country if we're going to really makea dent in this problem.