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State Rep. John Backman, one of the heads of the two-year study said the draft recommends that the laws be changed "in proportion to a drugs danger to the person and society." Backman said, "Anyone who is a drug-dependent person should be treated by the Mental Health Department... not put in jail...
...language of drugs into four categories: heroine, cocaine, morphine and other hard drugs would be "Alpha drugs;" alcohol, the most dangerous drug would be the "Beta drug;" Prescription drugs, such as barbiturates and amphetimines, would be "Gamma drugs;" and hallucogens, such as LSD and peyote, would be "Delta drugs," Backman said, "We could probably put marijuana in a class by itself as we in fact do in penal sections...
...report will be voted on next Wednesday by the commission. "I am hopeful that the vote of the commission will be unanimous," Backman said. If approved, the report will be submitted to the legislature which should vote on it during this session...
...group headed by Gainsbrugh: N.Y.U. Professor Solomon Fabricant, Du Pont Economist Ira T. Ellis, Michigan U. Professor Paul W. McCracken, American Airlines Vice President George P. Hitchings, Bank of America Vice President Walter E. Hoadley, U.S. Steel Economist William H. Peterson, N.Y.U. Professor Jules Backman, Bankers Trust Vice President Roy L. Reierson, Ragnar D. Naess of Naess & Thomas, investment counselors, Commerce Department Economist Louis J. Paradiso, and James W. Knowles, research director of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee...
...other six houses, Winthrop picked up three points in the sabre and five in the epee. Backman and Phil Chase fought hard for Winthrop's eight points...