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Meanwhile, NIMH reported some interim findings...
Underscoring the need for more facts about pot, NIMH reported that use has increased rapidly in the past few years. In a survey of 10,000 students at 50 colleges. Dr. Peter H. Rossi of Johns Hopkins University found that 31% had tried marijuana at least once, and 14% were using it "every week or two." By contrast, a 1969 Gallup poll showed that 9% of college-trained people had experimented with the drug...
...cent; NSF and NIMH-45 per cent: Defense Dept-3,9 per cent: Arms Control Agency-0,9 per cent; Misc.-1.1 per cent...
...other plague spots, the emotional disturbance at Mental Health involved both personality conflicts and political interference in scientific and medical matters. As director of the institute since 1964, Yolles was accused of arbitrarily imposing his views, rather than winning acceptance for them. The byword at NIMH became: "What Yolles wants, Yolles gets." He might have got more-and still be in office today-if he had been willing occasionally to settle for less...
Yolles himself dates the beginning of his downfall from that courageous testimony, which he reiterated with equal force last September. Many insiders at NIMH disagree. They contend that his troubles stem from his insensitive techniques in dealing with both equals and political superiors at HEW. For whatever reason, Finch's office concluded early this year that Yolles must go. The word spread quickly through...