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PHILIP A. HART, Michigan
QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
JOHN V. TUNNEY, California

MARLOW W. COOK, Kentucky

ROMAN L. HRUSKA, Nebraska

HIRAM L. FONG, Hawali

CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland

JOHN M. RECTOR, Staff Director and Chief Counsel

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

DECEMBER 19, 1974.-Ordered to be printed

Mr. BAYH, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following

REPORT

I. INTRODUCTION

This report covers the activities of the Subcommittee To Investigate Juvenile Delinquency for the first session of the 93d Congress. During 1973, the Subcommittee pursued its investigations in a number of areas vitally related to the problems of juvenile delinquency. A total of 18 days of hearings, involving more than 144 witnesses, were conducted on topics which include: (1) the restructing of the Federal effort to prevent and control juvenile delinquency, particularly with regard to developing a more comprehensive, coordinated, effective approach through a new White House Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention; (2) the effectiveness of the administration of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Control Act by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the effort by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to provide assistance under the Safe Streets Act and to prevent delinquency and curb juvenile crime; (3) the illicit diversion, traffic, and abuse of methadone: (4) the effectiveness of Federal measures to curb the abuse and illicit diversion of sedatives, including barbiturates and methaqualone ("sopors" and "quaaludes"); (5) the nature and extent of the use of jails for incarcerating juveniles, particularly those who commit acts which would not be crimes if they were adults; and (6) the extent to which drugs are dispensed for and used by athletes in violation of Federal law. These hearings formed the basis for several major legislative proposals. During the past year, the Subcommittee has also favorably reported two pieces of legislation:

(1) The Methadone Diversion Control Act of 1973, S. 1115 (Report No. 93-192) was reported by the subcommittee on May 21, 1973 and by the Committee to the Senate on June 4. 1973. This bill passed the Senate unanimously on June 8, 1973. The measure provides new authority to ease the burden of proof in cases involving the illicit distribution of methadone to facilitate the prosecution and conviction of traffickers, and provides authority

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