International Narcotics Control: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, April 20, 21, and 22, 1982, Volume 4

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 - Drug control - 320 pages

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Page 74 - He was a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology ; a fellow of the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians and the American Psychiatric Association, and a member of the American Neurological Association.
Page 132 - I think the essential point to keep in mind is the constitutional intention to make sure that no one man has the right to get us into war. Mr. ZABLOCKI. Mr. Fountain ? Mr. FOUNTAIN. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank Professor Bickel and Mr. Schlesinger for taking the time to come before this subcommittee and giving us the benefit of their thought-provoking discussion of this extremely complicated, difficult and, at the same time, sensitive subject.
Page 187 - MULTILATERAL PROGRAMS The United States promotes awareness of the international narcotics problem through the United Nations General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, and other UN agencies. Through the Single Convention on Narcotics and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, the UN initiates controls on the flow and use of the narcotics and psychotropic substances and, through the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) and United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control, seeks to stimulate multilateral...
Page 141 - There will be a single foreign affairs personnel system, broad enough to accommodate the personnel needs — domestic as well as overseas — of the Department of State, the Agency for International Development, and the US Information Agency, * * *. He also charged the Secretary with the responsibility "to insure that personnel policies and actions of the Department, AID, and USIA are guided by uniform standards and criteria.
Page 240 - ... having contracts placed in areas where there is a need for employment ? Dr. FLETCHER. Very much so. Senator SMITH. Thank you very much, Dr. Fletcher. I am very pleased to have your answers. Mr. Chairman, thank you. The CHAIRMAN. Senator Cannon ? VIEWS ON MANNED AND UNMANNED FLIGHTS Senator CANNON. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I, too, want to join my colleagues in welcoming you, Dr. Fletcher. I am certainly impressed by your background and the training and the expertise that you bring to this very...
Page 52 - I information through two basic nee ban isms ; surveys such as the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, the High School Senior Survey...
Page 167 - Iranians and Lebanese control the bulk of heroin shipments from the Middle East to Western Europe. Except for Turks, the same nationalities are also involved in exporting to the United States, although they are less dominant than the Franco-Italian syndicates. Turkey continues to be a major transit country for heroin but successfully controls diversion from its own licit opium cultivation.
Page 194 - ... term expiring September 25, 1969, taking the office formerly held by Mr. Higginbotham. We are honored today to have Senator Miller here to testify in behalf of Mr. Reilly. Will you be seated and proceed in your own way. STATEMENT OF HON. JACK MILLER, US SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF IOWA Senator MILLER. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, it is with a great deal of pleasure I appear here in behalf of John Reilly to be approved for the Federal Trade Commission. I want to emphasize that Mr. Reilly...
Page 188 - ... fellowships, seminars, workshops and multi-national conferences for its members, as a means of providing training, technical assistance, and ensuring cooperation/non-duplication. The FY 1983 contribution is budgeted at $150,000. UNITED NATIONS FUND FOR DRUG ABUSE CONTROL. UNFDAC has been able to work with countries whose cooperation is Vital to US narcotics control interests, but where political circumstances inhibit US bilateral assistance. In other areas its programs complement US activities....
Page 51 - ... dissemination and public education activities to inform the public of the risks and consequences associated with alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence.

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