Text of S. 2628.. Report from Department of Health, Education, and Welfare---- CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Larrick, George P., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, accompanied by Winton B. Rankin, Assistant Commissioner for Planning, Food and Drug Administration, and Charles B. Hargett, Staff Assistant to Mr. Rankin, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare... Dodd, Hon. Thomas J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Connecticut..... Rooke, Ralph R., past president, National Association of Retail Druggists, accompanied by Philip F. Jehle, Washington representative and associate Smith, W. Roy, chairman, Committee on Legislation, American Pharma- ceutical Association, accompanied by Raymond J. Dauphinais, professor of Pharmacy Administration, Wayne State University, Michigan-----. Fort, James F., counsel, public affairs, American Trucking Associations, Dodd, Hon. Thomas J., a United States Senator from the State of Connecti- Fort, James F., counsel, public affairs, American Trucking Associations, Larrick, George P., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, accompanied by Winton B. Rankin, Assistant Commissioner for Planning, Food and Drug Administration and Charles B. Hargett, staff assistant to Mr. Rankin, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare--- Rooke, Ralph R., past president, National Association of Retail Druggists, accompanied by Philip F. Jehle, Washington representative and associate Shaker, Randel, director, National Child Welfare Commission, American Smith, W. Roy, chairman, Committee on Legislation, American Pharma- ceutical Association, accompanied by Raymond J. Dauphinais, pro- fessor of pharmacy administration, Wayne State University, Michigan--- "Drugs and Driving," from the Food and Drug Administration, De- partment of Health, Education and Welfare.. "The Deadly Highway Menace," by Bernie Swart, associate editor, Figure 1.-On the West Virginia Turnpike, January 8, 1964, at 2 a.m., a tractor flatbed collided with an oncoming postal van. Both drivers as well as three persons working in the van were killed. Amphetamine was found in the stomach of the tractor driver. Amphetamine tablets were Figure 2. The mangled wreckage shown here illustrates the force with which the tractor truck and post office van collided.. Figure 3.-Workers attempting to remove the body of the tractor-trailer driver after the accident with the post office van.. Figure 4.-This represents the drugs in a single buy made by an under- cover agent in North Carolina during November 1963. Over 100,000 tablets and capsules of amphetamine and barbiturates were involved. The purchase was made from a bootlegger who sold in wholesale lots--- Food and Drug Administration comments on testimony on S. 2628. Blasingame, F. J. L., M.D., executive vice president, AMA, to Senator Goff, Abe McGregor, chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission, to Senator Hill, dated August 6, 1964, containing copy of letter Larrick, George P., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to Senator Yarborough, dated August 6, 1964- Rankin, W. B.. Assistant Commissioner for Planning, Food and Drug Smith, Austin, M.D., president, Pharm 'ceutical Manufacturers Associ- Vanderhoef H. Kent, vice president, Kay-Fries Chemicals, Inc., Williamson, Kenneth, director, American Hospital Association, Washington, D.C., to Senator Dodd, dated August 7, 1964.. President's Advisory Commission on Narcotic and Drug Abuse, CONTROL OF PSYCHOTOXIC DRUGS MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1964 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH OF THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:10 a.m., in room 4232, New Senate Office Building, Senator Ralph Yarborough, acting chairman, presiding. Present: Senators Yarborough (presiding) and Pell. Committee staff members present: Robert W. Barclay, professional staff member, and John D. Stringer, associate minority counsel. Senator YARBOROUGH. The Subcommittee on Health will come to order. The Subcommittee on Health is meeting this morning to receive testimony on S. 2628 that was introduced by Senator Dodd of Connecticut. (The bill, S. 2628, together with the departmental report follows:) 1 88TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 2628 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 12 (legislative day, MARCH 9), 1964 Mr. DODD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare A BILL To protect the public health by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to regulate the manufacture, compounding, processing, distribution, delivery, and possession of habit-forming barbiturate drugs, amphetamine, and other habit-forming central nervous system stimulant drugs, and other drugs that have a potential for abuse resulting in psychotoxic effects or antisocial behavior. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "Psychotoxic Drug Control 4 Act of 1964". 2 SEC. 2. The Congress hereby finds and declares that 3 there is a widespread illicit traffic in barbiturates, in psy4 chotoxic drugs moving in or otherwise affecting interstate 5 commerce; that the use of such drugs, when not under the 6 7 10 15 supervision of a licensed practitioner, may cause a wide variety of acute and chronic changes in psychological 8 functioning, social behavior, or personality, such as difficulties 9 in judgment and coordination, disorderly thinking, disturbances in mood, bizarre and abnormal perceptual experiences, 11 and more severe behavior disturbances such as attempted 12 suicide and antisocial activities; that this illicit traffic results 13 in extensive sale and distribution of such drugs to juveniles 14 and youths, as well as adults, not under the supervision of a licensed practitioner; that the use of such drugs by 16 juveniles, when not under the supervision of a licensed prac17 titioner, may lead them to perform acts of delinquency and 18 crime and to experiment with narcotic drugs, which experi19 mentation may result in narcotic addiction; that the use of 20 such drugs, when not under the supervision of a licensed 21 practitioner, often endangers safety on the highway and 22 otherwise has become a threat to the public health and safety, 23 making additional regulations of such drugs necessary regard24 less of the intrastate or interstate origin of such drugs; that 25 in order to make regulation and protection of interstate com |