Addiction: Midwest status

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With cooperation from the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and the Illinois division of narcotic

control. WE PRESENT.

H is for joy.

Midwest America sometimes called the heart of the nation on the shore

of a great England lake stands a city a city of glass steel and concrete

inhabited by some 3 million people. This city like New York City

does not sleep it too is restless and as old as it is it still

suffers from Growing Pains. The city Chicago Illinois

one of the pains of growing is in compassed in the 6000 narcotic addicts that live there.

But to the federal narcotics bureau Chicago is more than a city of glass steel and

concrete. It's the headquarters of the bureau's Ninth District and District

Number nine is not the Chicago area alone.

We asked Mr. George Bell the district supervisor what District Number nine

includes other states Illinois Indiana

and Wisconsin.

Now just how widespread is addiction in your district.

The addiction question and wished is primarily concentrated

in the Chicago metropolitan area

with some additional small

percentages in Indiana and Wisconsin but the concentration is

around northern Illinois.

Mr Bucky do you have any breakdown as far as the number of addicts in this particular district.

Well in a state the state of.

Illinois there's six thousand one hundred ninety

one addicts that have been tabulated as of the

cemetery first thing in my.

I suppose the large majority of these would be in the Chicago area.

I would say approximately 95 percent. And

Indiana Larry one hundred seventy one addict

and Ben. WHAT'S GOING ON SON There is one hundred

sixty added that had to be laid it for me.

Same here good guy man in the cemetery.

Could you indicate to us the approximately approximate average age of the

addicts.

The average age of the adding those

that are reported are mostly between the ages of twenty one and

thirty and I said it had appeared to be a

national trend not a what percentage of these would be women any indication

there. Well a percentage

on a national total is about

one for three I'd say proximately Niamh is Chicago's

problem confined to certain geographic areas within the city.

Yes it's.

I'd say that the largest percentage of any illicit traffic is

concentrated on Chicago's south side and

west side.

Why would you say that it's concentrated in these areas.

Mr. BELL Well those are primarily

the areas that

have an urban slum

condition and its

various social problems that arise in our district in a general

high crime rate that is prevalent in the area.

What working relationship does your bureau have with the Customs Bureau in dealing with the

drug traffic.

Why of course we cooperate with the Customs Bureau in many instances.

We exchange information and particularly as

it relates to their jurisdiction and smuggling and

they furnish us information regarding the domestic tracking

of their private their prime responsibility narcotic and for money smuggling.

Yes and of course our responsibility is to crack

some of expressed the opinion that the new in the road to the St. Lawrence

Seaway will not pose a threat in terms of being a new smuggling route for

narcotics do you share this opinion.

I do on the course although they

see way has been opened up.

For well actually not the Seaway but they Welland Canal has been open since

998 and there's a lot of shipping in Chicago but yes they

will be additional deep sea shipping and here

that will I'm certain post some smuggling problems but it will have

to actually wait and determine that. Now we have had

no incidences of reported smuggling of narcotic that you

feel sir that the local and state laws in this district are adequate to

cope with the problem of the selling of drugs and if not what changes would you like to

see which bars the state of Illinois is concerned I may have

an action on. Law or penalties

in Indiana they the laws are sufficient to

trap me and this particular area. I am

somewhat concerned with the state of Wisconsin where they

state laws for penalties are marketing violations are

and determining and other words. A defendant

could possibly be sentenced from zero to ten years

might be probably placed on probation off a second

offender if the maximum is increased 10 years but the minimum much still and dark

and I would like to see the officials in the state of Wisconsin

crash legislation mandatory minimum sentences.

Sure Mark to lower them around and state or preferably

a mark of those federal statutes.

Mr. Bell mentioned Illinois law as being excellent. The word excellent carries

a great implication with it so it might be advisable to get the reaction of another

authority on the laws of Illinois. This time Harry J n slinger the

United States Commissioner of narcotics it is the talk of the

state of Illinois.

Star as the model live for the whole country in relation to

regulation of the trade the attacking the illicit traffic

had the treatment off the drug addict and they're touring actually.

We see tremendous progress.

So by the testimony of Mr. Anderson here we see that Illinois has not only a functional

but also a functioning law in relation to prevention and the treatment of the

individual. What are some of these laws penalties.

How does the law of Illinois compared to other states.

Here again is Mr. George Bell to answer these questions.

Maximum penalty of course

in the state of Illinois for a first offender

not less than 10 years. Timeline

far out is for any term from 10 to lie in and for any subsequent of

bands that lie

and have been no probation or suspension not sentence and not

ok. For possession of narcotics

they first the fans punish of Obama

less than two years no more than 10 years and for subsequent

offenses are a term of not

less than five years to lie. And there will

be no probation our parole

for second offenders in my category in Indiana would be similar to

Illinois law in that regard. Now Indiana's

laws are not as stringent as the Illinois

laws. Firestone said and sale

the fans. There's not more than about an hour bomb and not

less than two years no more than five years.

The Senate may be suspended in probation or parole may be granted unless the

sale made to a person under 21 years of age for a

second offense of sale. This section would

apply when a previous conviction has been obtained under federal or state

law. And the liaison officer is not more than a $5000

by car less than 20 years

imprisonment to lie well suspension of

probation all parole and possession cases that first the

founder says. A thousand dollars was

not less than one or more than 10 years and the sentence might be

suspended and the individual may

be placed on probation or parole. And I sang and danced

a maximum penalty shall be imposed that is $1000

fine and 10 year and the. I'm sometimes on

probation on parole and they also have an addiction

law there where the fine is not $300

yet imprisonment 180 day.

Judge my action with whole or suspend judgment upon proof that the addict

and many didn't want treatment. Federal State or Providence

indeed.

We've spoken briefly about the three major problem areas of drug addiction in the United

States. Perhaps Mr. Harry and slinger the federal not county commissioner can

summarize it in this way.

It's the far right that Detroit is concerned they have plans to take

care of the pain of the drug addict by compulsory hospitalization if they get

matching funds for the federal government. In

Chicago the state of Illinois now has the bottle line for the

whole country in relation to regulation of the trade.

The attacking the illicit trafficking and the treatment off

the drug addict. And they're doing excellent work we see we see

tremendous progress in not only our city their plans going

ahead for the treatment of drug addicts perhaps

probably on a civil. The basis rather than that but

that day in California they say this situation is beyond our

control that we can legislate no

plans for hospitalization. Say the president

is meeting saying for several days to get

information to the traffic in that

state particularly in relation to

federal state and city cooperation to try to bring it under control.

New York Chicago Cleveland Detroit Los Angeles a

city actively or passively. And the problem of drug addiction.

Each city composed of people deciding as a group and individual.

Getting a

thing as.

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Mother Dad. Are your children adequately informed about the dangers of my kind of

addiction. Have you warned them about the person who would seek to peddle the

referrer the camp of pot or joy to them. What are they learning in the school

classroom about the effects of narcotic on the lives of those who would succumb to their subtle

blackening. Think on these questions Mr and Mrs Average American.

For the next 15 minutes think and listen to the following program is

produced as a public service feature by the radio division of the Moody Bible Institute of

Chicago.

With cooperation from the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and the Illinois division of narcotic

control we present.

News. H is for joy.

With.

Will all four 18 programs ages were Joy has sought to bring

you as clear a picture as possible of the man or woman with a multiple needle

punctures in his or her body. The person enslaved by the medical dictator the

narcotic drug. We've tried to show how the addict becomes enslaved. What

effects the addiction has on his total personality and some of the factors which keep him and

slave through endless months and years. We've sought to trace the history of the social

blight on society especially in the United States. We've seen what

effect legislation and law enforcement has had in controlling the growth and spread of this blight.

We've given you a present day analysis of the scope of the addiction problem. Direct from the lips of

agents of the Narcotics Bureau of the United States. Today we launch out on the

last leg of our documentary series. We begin to talk more about you with a

listener. We commence a discussion on what can be done to prevent and treat the addiction

problem. We start mentally toying with the concept of a cure.

Today we concentrate on education for combined with effective legislation

and law enforcement. Education is the key to preventing the further spread or birth of

narcotic addiction of any scope. The question What should we teach our

children about narcotics is a difficult one to answer. It is the

policy of the state of Illinois that there be compulsory instruction on the nature

and effect of narcotics and alcoholic drinks to give you added lighting

on this matter. We consulted Dr. James H Smith associate

superintendent of school instruction for the Chicago public school system.

We asked Dr. Smith about the origin of the state law and its enforcement to the public

school system. This is what he told us.

Well as far as I can ascertain it goes back all the way to 1889

where the change in 1897 and another change in 1 3 0 9 the

statute in one thousand all nine it was very similar to the school called statue of

1945 under which we now operate. The code itself says the nature of

alcoholic drinks and other narcotics and their effect on the human system shall be taught in

connection with the various divisions of physiology and hygiene. So it's very

definite in the state of law and in Chicago we teach it in our Health Physical

Education.

Says education of students in any area of the curriculum is only

effective if the student wholeheartedly enters into that particular

area and reacts to it in some tangible way. Does the

Chicago Board of Education feel its narcotic education program is being well

received by the students. Is it proving worthwhile and beneficial.

Dr. Smith answers these questions in this way.

While we think it has. Of course you must understand that anything such

as this is very difficult to measure. It's very difficult to measure how much good we've

done in speaking to youngsters for example. They harmful effects of narcotics

but we feel very definitely that the program has been worthwhile. It is

worthwhile and it should be continued. We feel that what's a big

city changing as fast as this one. Analysts say all the

temptations of the set A young person these days in a large city that many of our

youngsters come in from smaller towns and from rural districts and when they don't understand

some of the situations they face. And we feel that this program prepares them

and orients them to meet the conditions that they find in many of our cities that they didn't

find in the places from which they came. But we have an entire ball

fighting the use of narcotics. This is in the hands of every teacher. And

then in our teaching guide and health and physical education we have

definite going on at the places where this material should be taught with the

textbooks that should be used in the reference books. Every text that we

use in Health has some reference to the effects of narcotics in

our health guide to healthful living for the youngsters. We have a section in the senior

year which is devoted entirely to this particular subject.

And in addition of course we get the material from the American Medical Association and

from other agencies which is very valuable to the teachers. There are a number of other booklets

that are published by private people which we use in the way of text.

These are very good. Some insurance companies have put out but

they have been helpful the teachers. That means that every citizen must help law

enforcement agencies to the Chalk Farm. We must have a

public opinion that's a rouse to get narcotics. We must have the support of

parents who supervise our youngsters and know where they are and we must have the support of

people such as him a lot of radio on TV newspapers to keep the public

informed.

Keeping you the public informed that's a big order keeping your children in school

informed that's a bigger order yet many states across the nation have similar

compulsory narcotic education statutes on their books as those of Illinois.

Have you wondered as we have just how the teachers go about teaching units on drug addiction

where they get their material and just how well the presentations are received by the students

themselves. To further illustrate and substantiate the material

given to us by Dr. James H Smith we consulted two teachers of the health

and physical education in Chicago public high schools. We ask them the

questions which we felt you would want to know the answers to and they gave us an

Cyr forthright replies.

Listen to the first teacher as he talked with us over the beeper telephone line

exactly how do you go about teaching your students about the dangers of narcotics The let

you approach your discussions or films or how.

Most every approach we start with a lecture approach and what we call our health classes

which is one period a week for every youngster who has a role in the school. We lecture

on narcotics and we follow this with class discussion question and answer

period we are quite free in our approach to this particular problem.

Where you get your source material to present but we've had material

for quite a bit we get sound from our central office downtown and we have

quite a few books on narcotic pamphlet things of that sort that we have collected

and we have also some information that was given to us by the police department some years back.

What can you say about the attitude of the students their

attitude toward this particular subject.

Well it is quite surprising to me.

Type of presentation to our class from the freshmen we

find that the youngsters are interested in knowing

why. Some of

course they feel in that they realistic approach to something that is a

vital part of almost every day some part

any problem there with regard to coming into

active contact with narcotic users or pushers. As far as women athletic

department are concerned many in our physical education classes we have not

met that particular phase of the narcotics problem. When I think

administration go ahead and comment that I am not aware we

are doing that. We are trying to give the

youngsters a well-rounded program and help them we feel that

part of that problem.

Compulsory alcohol instruction which is

serving a real worthwhile purpose from personal experience.

From everything we are operating in our help but I think that

compulsory law pertaining to narcotic a very

good one and I feel that every youngster and every girl ought to know

the effect of America because why

am I going forward even more so when I did it.

How long has it been since you inquired about narcotic education in the high school your

children attend. If you were to raise this question in parent teacher meetings

if you talked with your children about the material they were being taught on this subject.

Perhaps they would give you or report like this additional Chicago public school teacher gives

exactly how do you there go about teaching your students about the dangers of

narcotics.

The next year approach or discussions or films or how I want

to lecture and I want to know. But we have

found out in March.

What do you get your source material to present to the students.

Well we know from the know.

What do you find the attitude is with the students about the

subject.

Away from the financial side of it.

The fear of becoming. Not to

have enough money to buy an automobile from a financial

problem.

Do your students coming in contact with your pushers.

But they get it.

Do you feel the. Kind of false story aspect of both alcohol and

narcotics instruction here in our state is serving a worthwhile

purpose.

Well I think I know very well what I think my day could have a lot more

about that kid right in fact they all come out.

How much can one learn about narcotics in a whole semester. How much can one learn about addiction in

a whole lifetime or in a whole twenty six program radio series. The answer

will vary with your interest and your concentration. But common sense should tell us that

when we begin teaching our sons and daughters about a subject like drug addiction much

caution must be exercised. The producers of this radio series tend to agree with

Mr. Mallock IO Harney former superintendent of the Illinois division of narcotic

control as he expressed his opinions before the Hillsborough Illinois co honest and

Lion's Club in 1959 Mr. Harney remarked as follows and we quote.

My opinion follows the policy advocated by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics.

This is a policy which questions the wisdom of mass presentation of the narcotics

subject to the very young. It is a policy which suggest that the study be

included in overall lectures on health and education. The policy is identical with

that expressed by a recent Canadian Senate committee which read as follows. The

committee is of the opinion that while educational programs may be usefully established

for professional groups for parent teacher associations and for adult groups generally

such programs should not be used where they would arouse undue curiosity on the part of

impressionable persons or those of tender years. And quote Mr.

Harney concludes by suggesting that if he were responsible for narcotic education in the

schools he would teach without elaboration or titillating detail. He would

rather convey the stark dreadful slavery of narcotics and to speak of it as an

unspeakable vice which simply should be outside the contemplation of intelligent people

intelligent people who know the folly of the assumption that H is for joy.

A script by Edwin and her production by Bill Oberg This is Ted Seeley speaking.

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educational broadcasters.

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