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From the panic that accompanied the sudden shortage a tide of rumors sprang up: cortisone was being hoarded by the Government, being shipped to Russia, being bought up by gamblers to dope race horses, being bootlegged in a nationwide black market. In New York, the department of health began an investigation. The truth about cortisone is apparently less dramatic than the rumors...
Manno: "Something I'm against, that's dope peddlers, pickpockets, hired killers. That's one thing I can't stomach, and that's one thing the fellows up there-the group-won't stand for, things like that. They discourage...
Shooting Gallery (Sat. 5:30 p.m., NBC). Documentary about the illegal dope traffic...
...Hope. There is one dimly hopeful side to the teen-age dope problem. Unlike older people, few teen-agers appear to take to drugs because of psychological troubles; youngsters usually start using narcotics either out of ignorance or the same reckless impulses which lead them to race hot rods. Though they are easier to wean, however, there are almost no facilities for taking care of them. On New York's Rikers Island, youngsters have to endure the horrors of a sudden "cold turkey" cure or get none at all. Once released, many go right back to drugs again...
Like gang wars, teen-age dope addiction still seems to be a big-city phenomenon. And police and lawmakers have begun to crack down. In the last few months, both New York and Chicago have put more & more policemen to tracking down peddlers. New York schoolteachers have been instructed to look for symptoms of addiction, such as yawning, nausea, watery eyes, among their students. Even more to the point: a bill currently before the Illinois legislature which could send dope peddlers to prison for life for selling narcotics to a minor...