This statement is not new.

It has been made many times.

But we are still confused in our thinking and in our laws and in our enforcement policies over what we want to do to our drug

using population.

I am not against imposing proper punishment on criminal offenders but I am emphatically against using punishment for solving mental problems and curing emotional disturbances.

I am also against using punishment as a panacea for controlling the drug problem.

Inevitably, most of the solution will have to come from the fields of medicine and scientific research.

Science and medicine helped create the problem. Science and medicine should participate in eliminating it.

The solution will never be found in pure law enforcement.

The variegated nature of drug addiction is beyond the capabilities

of law enforcement.

I have introduced legislation which is designed to help achieve these objectives.

It calls for an expanded research program with respect to all drugs. It expands the treatment provisions of the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act of 1966.

It does away with the mandatory minimum penalties in drug cases allowing the judge and the trained staff of the court to determine whether punishment or treatment is required in each individual case.

But in drafting the legislation, I have not overlooked the legitimate problems of law enforcement.

The bill calls for a unified approach to narcotics and dangerous drug law enforcement. It calls for combining the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and the Bureau of Drug Abuse Control in the Justice Department.

This is as it should be.

The nature of the drug abuse picture in this country calls for such a unification to prevent some of the fractionated efforts that have characterized our law enforcement efforts in the past.

Over these next few weeks of hearings we shall hear from witnesses on the provisions of this bill and the other bills before the subcommittee. We shall welcome the guidance of our expert witnesses on other measures the Federal Government must take to come to grips with the drug problem.

I will include in the record at this point the texts of the subcommittee's enabling resolution S. Res. 48, and of the bills before the subcommittee for consideration at these hearings, S. 1895, S. 2637, and S. 2590.

I will also include in the record at this point three charts prepared by the subcommittee. They include, (1) a 5-year analysis of the drug abuse problem in the United States, (2) a District of Columbia survey of 1,003 persons arrested on narcotics charges during 1968, and (3) narcotic arrest statistics for the counties surrounding the Nation's Capital.

(The documents and charts were marked "Exhibits Nos. 1 through 7" and are as follows:)

35-957 0-69 -2

EXHIBIT No. 1

91ST CONGRESS 1ST SESSION

S. RES. 48

[Report No. 91–67]

Calendar No. 69

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 22 (legislative day, January 10), 1969

Mr. EASTLAND, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

FEBRUARY 7, 1969

Reported, under authority of the order of the Senate of February 7, 1969, by Mr. JORDAN of North Carolina, with an amendment

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

RESOLUTION

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized under sections 134 (a) and 136 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended, and in accordance with its jurisdictions specified by rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, to examine, investigate, and make a complete study of any and all matters pertaining to juvenile delinquency in the United States, including (a) the extent and character of juvenile delinquency in the United States and its causes and contributing factors; (b) the adequacy of existing provisions of law, including chapters 402 and 403 of title 18 of the United States Code, in dealing with youthful offenders of

Federal laws; (c) sentences imposed on, or other correctional action taken with respect to, youthful òffenders by Federal courts, and (d) the extent to which juveniles are violating Federal laws relating to the sale or use of narcotics,

SEC. 2. For the purposes of this resolution, the committee, from February 1, 1969, to January 31, 1970, inclusive, is anthorized (1) ́to make such expenditures as it deens advisable; (2) to employ, upon a temporary busis, technical, clerical, and other assistants and cousultants: Provided, That the minority is authorized to select one person for appoint-. ment, and the person so selected shall be appointed and his compensation shall be so fixed that his gross rate shall not be less by more than $2.400 than the highest gross rate paid to any other employee; and (3) with the prior consent of the heads of the departments or agencies concerned, and the Committee on Rules and Administration, to utilize the "to"utilize

reimbursable services, information, facilities, and personnel of any of the departments or agencies of the Government. Ste. 3. The committee shall report its findings, together with its recommendations for legislation. as it deems advis able, to the Senate at the earliest practicable date, but not later than January 31, 1970.

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SEC. 4. Expenses of the committee, under this resolu tion, which shall not exceed $247,500 $2,000, shall be

paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the committee.

EXHIBIT No. 2

91ST CONGRESS 18T SESSION

S. 1895

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

APRIL 18, 1969

Mr. DODD introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To reorganize and coordinate control of the narcotic and drug abuse laws under the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Department of Justice.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Omnibus Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Control and Addict Rehabilitation Act of

TITLE I-FINDINGS AND DECLARATION AND

DEFINITIONS

FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS

SEC. 101. Congress finds that the widespread increase in the illicit traffic, use, and abuse of narcotics and dangerous drugs, especially by juveniles, threatens the public health and safety, and therefore is of critical national concern.

Congress also finds that because Mexico is a primary source of marihuana within the United States it is necessary to establish a Joint United States-Mexican Commission to investigate and to recommend appropriate solutions concerning the flow of marihuana between the United States and Mexico.

Congress further finds that although drug control is essentially a local responsibility, which must be dealt with by State and local governments, the Federal Government must coordinate and intensify its efforts if interstate and international control is to be effective.

Congress therefore declares that there is a need for a central Federal agency to coordinate Federal control of drug abuse affecting interstate commerce through the implementation of a comprehensive Federal code and through research, education, and rehabilitation designed primarily for juveniles.