HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1977, 95TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION

• NCJ Number: 60048
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 32 pages
• Corporate Author: US Congress
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Legislative/Regulatory Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ANNUAL REPORT DOCUMENTS ACTIVITIES OF THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL DURING CALENDAR YEAR OF 1977.

Abstract

COMMITTEE RULES, STAFF, AND FUNDING ARE DESCRIBED. SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS UNDERTAKEN INCLUDED STUDIES OF DRUG ABUSE IN NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS; A FACT-FINDING MISSION ON BORDER INTERDICTION IN THE SOUTHWEST U. S.; AND INVESTIGATIONS OF TREATMENT MODALITIES IN NEW YORK CITY AND OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG DIVERSION. TASK FORCE INVESTIGATIONS WERE MADE ON DEMAND REDUCTION; DRUG ABUSE IN INSTITUTIONS; DRUG ABUSE IN THE MILITARY; FINANCIAL RESOURCES/SUPPLY REDUCTION; NARCOTICS RESEARCH; AND ORGANIZED CRIME. STUDIES WERE ALSO MADE OF COCAINE TRAFFICKING AND METHADONE DIVERSION. HEARINGS WERE HELD ON MARIHUANA DECRIMINALIZATION, LEAA NARCOTICS FUNDING; U.S. NARCOTICS POLICY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA; CHICAGO HEROIN TRAFFICKING AND MONEY FLOW; AND FEDERAL DRUG ABUSE EFFORTS. THE REPORT ALSO CONTAINS A SECTION DEVOTED TO COMMITTEE PUBLICATIONS ISSUED DURING 1977, SERVICES PROVIDED TO STANDING COMMITTEES, SPEECHES AND OTHER PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND MISCELLANEOUS ACHIEVEMENTS. (MJW)