Narcotics Research, Rehabilitation, and Treatment: Hearings Before the Select Committee on Crime, House of Representatives, Ninety-second Congress, First Session, Pursuant to H. Res. 115, a Resolution Creating a Select Committee to Conduct Studies and Investigations of Crime in the United States

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971 - Drug abuse - 690 pages
 

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Page 58 - After careful appraisal of available information concerning marihuana (cannabis) and its components, and their derivatives, analogues and isomers, the Council on Mental Health and the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of the American Medical Association and the Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence of the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, have reached the following conclusions: 1.
Page 76 - In 1956-1958, he served as an Assistant Attorney General, New York, in the Bureau of Securities, appointed by the then Attorney General, Jacob K. Javits. From 1958 to 1961, he served as Assistant to Treasury Under Secretary Fred C. Scribner, Jr., before returning to the practice of law. A native of...
Page 244 - For those patients selected and treated as described, this program can be considered a success. It does appear that those who remain in the program have, on the whole, become productive members of society, in contrast to their previous experience and have, to a large extent, become self-supporting and demonstrate less and less antisocial behavior. It should be emphasized that these are volunteers, who are older than the average street addict and may be more highly motivated. Consequently, generalizations...
Page 60 - ... and divisions: The Bureau of the Mint; the Bureau of Engraving and Printing; the Office of the Treasurer of the United States; the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; the Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury; the Auditors of the several Departments; the Register of the Treasury; the Secret-Service Division; the Division of Public Moneys; the Division of Loans and Currency...
Page 290 - The behavior of men addicted to methadone was similar to the behavior seen during morphine addiction. The patients ceased all productive activity, neglected their persons and their quarters, and spent most of their time in bed in a semi-somnolent state which they regarded as very pleasurable. Psychological changes seen during addiction to methadone were similar to those seen during morphine addiction. During addiction to methadone patients continually requested increases in dosage.
Page 29 - This investigation was supported in part by research grant #A-267 from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases of the National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service...
Page 76 - School, Brooklyn ; received his AB degree from Columbia College in 1949 ; his LL.B. degree from Columbia Law School in 1952. He is a member of the Columbia College Council, a vice president and director of the Columbia College Alumni Association, and a member of the Columbia College Varsity C Club.
Page 125 - Methadone maintenance as a treatment modality was never conceived as a "magic bullet" that would resolve all the problems of patients addicted to heroin. For this reason, we believe that any treatment program using methadone maintenance must be prepared to provide a broad variety of supportive services to deal with problems including mixed drug abuse, chronic alcoholism, psychiatric or behavioral problems, and a variety of social and medical problems.
Page 123 - hunger" as measured by repeated, periodic "clean" urine specimens. (2) Decrease in antisocial behavior as measured by arrest and/or incarceration (jail). (3) Increase in social productivity as measured by employment and/or schooling or vocational training. (4) Recognition of, and willingness to accept help for excessive use of alcohol, other drugs, or for psychiatric problems.
Page 48 - EDDY, NB, HALBACH, H., and BRAENDEN, OJ Synthetic substances with morphine-like effect. Relationship between analgesic action and addiction liability, with a discussion of the chemical structure of addiction-producing substances. Bull.

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