Prepared statements-Continued Eichberg, Robert H., M.A., testimony of... Frame, William, South Bend Jaycees, Inc., South Bend, Ind.: "Drug Abuse: A Primer for Adults," a pamphlet entitled. Gibbons, Hon. Sam M., a Representative from the State of Florida, Hunt, W. J., member, Los Angeles County Narcotics Department Kaplan, Leon L., administrative coordinator, division of secondary Page 563 914 945 917 990 840 684 605 Langan, Joseph J., supervisor, health education, division of secondary education, statement of.. 617 Meeds, Hon. Lloyd, a Representative in Congress from the State of Washington, speech delivered before the House of Representatives on Thursday, March 20, 1969___. 738 Narcotics Center of Tacoma-Pierce County, Tacoma, Wash., statement of.. 832 Patterson, Frank, chief of police, Everett, Wash., appearing for Mrs. Exhibit A.-A standard community industrial survey- 767 771 Statement of.... 764 Peters, George, director, Naturalism, Inc., Chicago., Ill.: "A Form Letter," a letter describing the activities of Naturalism, 869 Statement of 865 Preston, Andrew J., Kinnelon, N.J., statement of, for the New Jersey 887 Randall, Harriet B., M.D., administrator, health and medical services, auxiliary services division: "Patterns of Drug Use in School-Aged Children," an article 608 Statement of 606 Rich, Dr. Ruth, supervisor, health education, division of instructional planning and services, statement of ____. 619 Severinghaus, Dr. Edwin C., instructor, department of psychiatry, 828 720 Taylor, Frank, director, public relations department, National Association of Blue Shield Plans, statement of... 853 Wilson, Hon. Charles H., a Representative in Congress from the State of California, statement of__ 711 Yablonsky, Lewis, Ph. D., professor of sociology, San Fernando State 593 Younger, Evelle J., district attorney, county of Los Angeles: 638 667 APPENDIX "Alcohol and High-Schoolers," article by Morris A. Forslund and Thomas J. Gustafson.. Brademas, Hon. John, a Representative in Congress from the State of Indiana, "Few Students Are Really Acidheads," an article entitled---Braswell, A. L., assistant executive secretary, National Science Teachers Association, letter to Chairman Brademas, dated September 9, 1969, enclosing prepared statement of the National Science Teachers Association____ Drake, Jack H., International Good Neighbor Council, Monterrey, Mexico, letter to Chairman Brademas, dated June 25, 1969, enclosing a resolution_ Los Angeles City Unified School District, drug abuse education and control in the, status report, June 1969_.. Lumley, John M., assistant executive secretary, legislation and Federal relations, National Education Association, letter to Chairman Brademas, dated July 24, 1969, enclosing position of NEA Legislation Commission on H.R. 9312_. Mitchell, Hon. John N., Attorney General: Page 1020 1052 1025 1013 1032 1024 Letter to the Speaker, House of Representatives.. Copy of a proposed bill.... 1059 1071 Letter to the Vice President, U.S. Senate. "Summary of the Proposed 'Controlled Dangerous Substances "Comparative Type Showing Changes in Existing Law Made by 1061 1098 Bill," an article entitled.. 1099 National Governors' Conference, 61st annual meeting, Colorado Springs, 1025 1029 Stringer, Herald E., director, the American Legion, letter to Chairman 1028 Ury, Claude M., San Francisco State College, San Francisco, Calif., letter 1013 1017 DRUG ABUSE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1969 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SELECT COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Los Angeles, Calif. The subcommittee met at 9:45 a.m., pursuant to recess, in room 12102, Federal Building, 11000 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, Calif., Hon. Lloyd Meeds, presiding. Present: Representatives Meeds, Bell, Hawkins and Burton. Staff members present: Jack Duncan, counsel, and Marty LaVor, minority legislative coordinator. Mr. MEEDS. The Select Subcommittee on Education of the House Education and Labor Committee will be in session. For the order of consideration of H.R. 9312, H.R. 12993, and similar bills sponsored by over 75 Members of the House of Representatives. On behalf of the Select Education Subcommittee, I would like to thank the city of Los Angeles and my friends and colleagues, Congressmen Al Bell, Augustus Hawkins, and Congressman Philip Burton from San Francisco for their generous assistance in making it possible to convene here. Now, both Congressman Bell and Congressman Hawkins, and Mr. Burton, are cosponsors of this legislation, and very valuable members of the education subcommittee. The Drug Abuse Education Act of 1969 has found widespread support both in and out of Congress. Seventy-five Members of the House of Representatives are cosponsors of this legislation, and 14 of those 75 are from the State of California. More than half of the California cosponsors are from Los Angeles County and the city of Los Angeles. This is not a Republican measure or a Democratic measure, but rather should be viewed as a unified chorus for action against a crisis that imperils the health, spirit, and vitality of the Nation. One week ago today the FBI issued its annual crime report. The Bureau revealed that the number of arrests for drug violations has increased by 322 percent since 1960. Even more terrifying was the FBI's report that drug arrests for persons under the age of 18 have risen by 1,860 percent during the same time. While the legislation we are considering emphasizes education as a tool of prevention, the members of the subcommittee heartily endorse further efforts in law enforcement and in treatment of addicts and users. In this spirit I would like to commend Congressman John Tunney for the fine work he is doing to strengthen the border inspection activities of the U.S. Customs Service. Congressman Tunney has conducted hearings on this matter, and has introduced four bills to control the drug traffic, one of which would increase by 50 percent the number of border inspectors in California. These bills deserve the thoughtful support of Congress. Although the Federal Government currently spends $50 million to combat the dangerous drugs, less than 5 percent of this amount is programed into educational efforts. Most of these funds are devoted to the distribution of films and pamphlets. The administration has not requested any funds for teacher training in drug abuse education, or testing of drug educational materials, and for direct grants to the public schools. In this age, when Americans gravitate toward competing subcultures, and when families are sharply divided over drugs and other issues, school is the one experience all young people share. The classroom is thus the logical place to conduct a forum on the facts and the fantasies of drugs. The legislation before us will not abolish the desire to experiment, but it can offer young people a deterrent to self destruction. We will, in the hearings this morning, relax the rules of the house with regard to simultaneous picture taking and voice recordings, because the hearing room is so small, and we did not have time for a press conference, either before or after. We will, with you gentlemen's consent, however, observe the 5minute rule, because we have many witnesses, and it is going to take us a long time to get through all of them. I am sure that they all have a lot to add. At this time, I would like to call first upon the very fine Representative of this congressional district, who is, as I said before, a very valuable member of the committee and the subcommittee, who is a cosponsor of this legislation, and who is a cochairman of these hearings, Al Bell. Mr. BELL. Thank you, Congressman Meeds. This morning the Select Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives is holding hearings in Los Angeles to take testimony from expert witnesses on matters relating to the Drug Abuse Education Act of 1969. The purpose of this bill, of which Congressman Meeds and I, and Congressman Hawkins and Congressman Burton have been cosponsoring, is to encourage the development of new and improved curriculums on the problems of drug abuse, to demonstrate the use of such curriculums in the model educational programs and to evaluate their effectiveness, to disseminate curriculum materials and significant information for use in educational programs throughout the Nation, to provide training programs for teachers, counselors, and law-enforcement personnel, and offer community education programs for parents and others on drug abuse problems. The critical increase in the use of narcotics in the United States is well known to the public and does not need to be restated today. Our concern is the increase of drug use, juveniles, the changing patterns of that use, and the question of whether our educational system might deal with this matter more effectively. Before you are some charts which illustrate the problem in Los Angeles. Beginning with the graph on the left, in the city of Los Angeles, juvenile narcotics arrests have increased from 1,300 in 1964 to more than 8,800 projected in 1969. The number of juvenile arrests will have doubled since 1967. Of special interest, and deserving most serious concern, are the statistics covering arrests in the city of Los Angeles for teenage offenders and younger, illustrated in the middle chart. Five years ago 36 12-year-olds were arrested on narcotic charges. in Los Angeles. One hundred and eighty-six arrests of 12-year-olds were made for narcotics violations last year. And 265 arrests will be made by the end of 1969, according to the best available estimates. Five years ago 75 13-year-olds were arrested on narcotics charges; 434 arrests of 13-year-olds were made for narcotics violations last year, and 616 arrests will be made in 1969, according to these esti mates. Five years ago 143 14-year-olds were arrested on narcotics charges. An estimated 868 arrests for 14-year-olds were made last year. The estimate of a projected 1,232 arrests will be made this year. One hundred and eighty-five 15-year-olds were arrested on narcotics charges 5 years ago; 1,116 arrests of 15-year-olds were made last year, according to the estimate, and we expect 1,584 arrests will be made during 1969. Five years ago 208 16-year-olds were arrested on narcotics charges; 1,364 arrests of 16-year-olds were estimated for narcotic violations last year, and 1,936 arrests will have been made by the year's end. Five years ago 310 17-year-olds were arrested on narcotics charges; 2,046 arrests of 17-year-olds were estimated for narcotics violations last year. We project that 2,904 arrests will be made by the end of 1969. Disturbing and profoundly significant is the increasing tendency of these arrests to be for possession or use of drugs such as amphetamines and barbiturates, generally considered to be far more dangerous than marihuana. This is demonstrated in the third chart: In 1964 in the city of Los Angeles the number of arrests for narcotics law violations which involved marihuana totaled less than 1,000. Arrests concerned with more dangerous drugs were about 50 percent less. By 1968 there were 3,472 arrests involving marihuana, and 4,906 arrests involving more dangerous drugs. It is expected that there will be 3,500 marihuana arrests among juveniles in 1969, but arrests involving possession and use of drugs more dangerous than marihuana will exceed 5,000. There obviously are a variety of reasons for these alarming figures and projections. It is our hope that this subcommittee will, by the end of our hearings, be able to make some contributions to our understanding of the subject. But it is impossible for me not to feel that at least one major contributing factor, both in the increased use |