Comments on

by Advisory Committee to the Federal Bureau of Narcotics

JULY 3, 1958.

Note: To fully understand this document, and the context in which it arose, you should also read these other documents which are in the Schaffer Online library:

• ABA-AMA, No Match for HJA, from The Drug Hang-Up, by Rufus King
• Drug Addiction, Crime or Disease?  The Report of the Joint ABA-AMA Committee on Narcotic Drugs

CONTENTS

Composition of the Committee

Resume of correspondence

Resolutions of National Research Council and United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs

The British System------------------------------------------------------- 1

Dr. James C. Munch----------------------------------------------------- 13

Denmark----------------------------------------------------------------- 23

Dr. William F. Quinn----------------------------------------------------- 28

Dr. Edward R. Bloomquist----------------------------------------------- 30

Dr. G. H. Stevenson----------------------------------------------------- 39

Dr. James A. Hamilton--------------------------------------------------- 41

Dr. Charles T. Brown---------------------------------------------------- 44

Mr. Malachi L. Harney--------------------------------------------------- 51

Mr. Lynn A. White------------------------------------------------------- 60

Hon. Victor H. Blanc----------------------------------------------------- 71

Hon. Twain Michelsen---------------------------------------------------- 72

Mr. C. Aubrey Gasque--------------------------------------------------- 104

Resolution of International Association of Chiefs of Police----------------- 108

Mr. Frank J. Smith-------------------------------------------------------- 109

Mr. George H. White----------------------------------------------------- 120

Mr. Rodney Gilbert------------------------------------------------------- 123

Report of Interdepartmental Committee on Narcotics to the President------124

Report of the House Committee on Ways and Means--------------------- 126

Report of the Senate Committee of the Judiciary-------------------------- 129

Proceedings of the Senate of Canada------------------------------------- 136

United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs--------------------------- 142

Chicago addiction survey------------------------------------------------- 146

Long-range progress----------------------------------------------------- 147

Honolulu----------------------------------------------------------------- 148

Opium smoking---------------------------------------------------------- 149

General Comments------------------------------------------------------- 151