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Archaic Thinking. The approaches to eliminating heroin have too long been sporadic, diffused and confused. The President's program is only a first step, but it is a good one. Nixon's program heralds a more sympathetic approach to the addict's problems. Says one of its architects: "As the notion of the right to rehabilitation evolves into the consciousness of America, it will get us away from the archaic thinking that the drug addict is an evil character." It may also end, or at least curb, the spread of addiction. There is an urgency...
...many of those involved in the fight against heroin addiction, methadone seems to be the most workable weapon yet devised. A synthetic morphine substitute, it relieves the symptoms of narcotic withdrawal, blocks heroin's euphoric effects and allows an addict to lead a relatively normal life. But methadone also has its drawbacks. It is almost as addictive as the heroin it replaces, and most addicts must indefinitely maintain their new, though less destructive, habit. Because methadone is short-acting, it must be taken daily; addicts starting treatment must either report to a clinic for daily dosages or be given...
...from a recent visit to Viet Nam, and repeated last week in a study conducted for the House Foreign Affairs Committee by Connecticut Republican Robert H. Steele. Steele made this chilling observation: "The soldier going to South Viet Nam today runs a far greater risk of becoming a heroin addict than a combat casualty." In all seriousness, he recommended that the President order all Americans home unless the governments of South Viet Nam, Laos and Thailand put an end to the traffic in illegal drugs. Corruption is so ingrained in Viet Nam, however, that stamping out the heroin trade would...
...before P.T.A. groups. He had his own weekly radio drama show on the local station while he was still in high school. He was living his show business fantasies in the highest style available to a boy, but that was not enough. He was a movie addict, and he haunted Lincoln's only stage door. He once spoke to Charles Laughton and still remembers that the actor remarked upon his low voice. When Bob Hope played Lincoln, Dick trapped the comedian backstage and said, "Fine show, Bob." Hope replied, "Thanks, son." Hardly a droll exchange, but enough to thrill Cavett...
...Israel's intransigence. By constantly reminding Washington about Soviet aid to Egypt, said Fulbright, Israel was resorting to "Communist-baiting humbuggery" in an attempt to "manipulate U.S. Middle East policy." The U.S., Fulbright went on, is "highly susceptible" to hints of Communist danger, "rather like a drug addict-and the world is full of ideological pushers...