METHADONE USE AND ABUSE-1972-1973

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE TO

INVESTIGATE JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

AND

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

PURSUANT TO S. RES. 256 AND S. RES. 56 SECTION 12

INVESTIGATION OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
IN THE UNITED STATES

INVESTIGATIVE AND LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS ON
METHADONE USE AND ABUSE-S. 3846,
S. 778, AND S. 1115

NOVEMBER 14 AND 16, 1972; FEBRUARY 8, 13, AND 14, 1973, AND
APRIL 5, 1973

91-486 O

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1973

PHILIP A. HART, Michigan
QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts

MARLOW W. COOK, Kentucky
ROMAN L. HRUSKA, Nebraska
HIRAM L. FONG, Hawaii

CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland

MATHEA FALCO, Staff Director and Chief Counsel
JOHN M. RECTOR, Deputy Chief Counsel

CONTENTS

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Acevedo, Juan, Director, Narcotics Prevention Project, Los Angeles,

Calif

Page

198

Andersen, Chief Richard R., Omaha Police Department (accompanied by

Lieutenant Jack Swanson) Omaha, Nebr--

379

Bartholow, Dr. George, Omaha Veterans Hospital (accompanied by Dr.

Norman S. Jessup), Omaha, Nebr.---

396

Bevins, Rev. Rex, Member, Nebraska Commission on Drugs (accompanied

Jeffery Kushner), Omaha, Nebr....

357

Bland, Dr. James G., Project Director, Kentucky Region 8 Drug Program,

Louisville, Ky..

426

Block, Chief Sherman, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (ac-

companied by Capt. Norman Hamilton and Sgt. Eugene Rudolph),

Los Angeles, Calif.

Blose, Dr. Irvin, Director, Alcohol and Chemical Dependency Services,

Nebraska Psychiatric Institute, University of Nebraska, College of

Medicine, Omaha, Nebr..........

Brauer, Dr. Alan, Medical Director, Santa Clara County Methadone

Maintenance Program, San Jose, Calif.

Collins, Jack, Assistant Chief, Los Angeles Police Department (ac-

companied by Comdr. Charles Reese and Lt. Robert Kraus), Los

Angeles, Calif

Crews, Grasty II, General Counsel, Special Action Office for Drug Abuse

Prevention (accompanied Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe), Washington, D.C..

Durrin, Kenneth, Head of Compliance and Regulatory Operation, Bureau

of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Department of Justice (accompanied

John E. Ingersoll), Washington, D.C...

Ferguson, Lieutenant John E., Índiana State Police Department (ac-

companied Superintendent Robert K. Konkle), Indianapolis, Ind..

Fort, Dr. Joel, Director, Fort Help, San Francisco, Calif

Grosz, Dr. Hanus J., Director, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Drug Research,

Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University

School of Medicine (accompanied by Janice) Indianapolis, Ind..

Haislip, Eugene R., Special Assistant to the Director, Bureau of

Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Department of Justice, (accompanied

by Lloyd Sinclair), Los_Angeles, Calif

Hall, Ronald F., Clinical Director, Drug Dependence Services, Inc.,

"Miracle Products Clinic, "Gary, Ind...

116

402

284

103

676

642

494

238

580

77

(Accompanied John E. Ingersoll), Washington, D.C..

642

575

Hamilton, Capt. Norman, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

(accompanied Chief Sherman Block), Los Angeles, Calif..

Hart, Dr. Lawrence, Director, Drug Treatment Program, Community

Health Services, Los Angeles, Calif

116

128

Helberg, Gordon, Executive Director, Omaha Awareness and Action,

(accompanied by Joseph Malec), Omaha, Nebr............

351

Higley, Rex C., Director, Bureau of Examining Boards, Nebraska Depart-

ment of Health, Omaha, Nebr..........

363

Hongisto, Sheriff Richard, San Francisco County Sheriff's Department,

San Francisco, Calif.

270

Hutt, Peter Barton, General Counsel, Food and Drug Administration,
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (accompanied Dr. John
Jennings), Washington, D.C.

689