23.0 24.0 25.0 26.0 Rent, Communications and Utilities Covers phone bill and Xerox machine rental. Printing and Reproduction - Includes cost of printing the annual "International Other Services Covers cost of GSA administrative support and Supplies and Materials - Cost of miscellaneous office supplies and newspapers. SPECIAL ACTION OFFICE FOR DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION STATEMENT OF DR. JEROME H. JAFFE, DIRECTOR ACCOMPANIED BY: PAUL L. PERITO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR RALPH A. HOWARD, EXECUTIVE OFFICER BUDGET REQUESTS Senator MONTOYA. For the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention there are two budget requests contained in House Document No. 92-330 totaling $60 million, composed of the following items: $20 million for salaries and expenses and $40 million for special funds. Dr. Jaffe will address himself to these two budget items. PREPARED STATEMENT Dr. Jaffe, you may proceed with your statement, sir. If it is a long statement, would you submit it for the record and highlight the mate rial in your statement? Dr. JAFFE. Yes. I will submit the statement. Senator MONTOYA. It will be made part of the record at this point. (The statement follows:) (267) Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, I appreciate of $60 million for FY 1973 under the Drug Abuse Office As you know the Congress appropriated $6.85 million earlier this year for administration and other necessary operating ex penses of the Special Action Office. Today we are making our initial request for appropriations for sections 223 and 224 of P.L. 92-255, The Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act, so that we may move forward in two key areas. development of long-lasting narcotic antagonists, and other chemical agents which will be useful in the treatment of narcotics addiction ($20 million); encouragement of promising concepts and the expansion of sensible programs by means of "special" incentives to Federal departments ($40 million). The details of drug abuse in America are painfully apparent to us all. Lives are being wasted, Property is being deToo many people are suffering because of trouble stroyca. with drugs. When the Congress voted unanimously for creation of the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention, it called for "immediate and effective responses on the part of the Federal Government." I want to tell you about a few of the steps we are taking to respond to that mandate. Research and Development One of the most widely used treatment approaches for narcotics addiction is the use of oral methadone, either as a short term detoxification agent, or as a maintenance agent for stabilizing the addict and helping him during rehabilitation. For many heroin addicts treatment with methadone has made it possible to give up crime and become a productive law abiding citizen. The demand for methadone treatment has grown dramatically over the past three years. Thus, while there are currently 60,000 people already being treated in Federal, state, and local methadone clinics another 30,000 are still waiting for treatment hoping that treatment capacity will soon expand. We are convinced that methadone alone is not the answer. Methadone is an addictive synthetic narcotic drug. Its misuse can cause serious problems. when methadone is diverted illegally from treatment channels we begin to encounter "methadone addicts" who never previously used heroin. When accidently ingested by children or nontolerant users, it may cause death. Furthermore methadone does not work for every patient; Its efficacy in treatment comes after a person is addicted, not before. The Special Action Office is taking several steps to improve the delivery of maintenance treatment and other chemotherapeutic approaches. 1. We are working in conjunction with Food and Drug Administration, National Institute of Mental Health and Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs to tighten distri |