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Drug Abuse Treating and rehabilitating narcotic addicts successfully has been hampered by the fact that the addict was often treat­ ed in a hospital far from his home community. Usually also, he was not ade­ quately followed up and helped with his problem after release from the hospital. Means for overcoming these and other deficiencies are pro­ vided in the Narcotic Addict Rehabilitation Act of 1966 -- known as NARA. Congress established a new national policy through NARA. It calls for the treatment of narcotic addicts rather than solely prosecuting them under criminal statutes. For the first time, federal law provides that narcotic ad­ dicts may apply for treatment in lieu of prosecution for cer­ tain crimes and that addicts not charged with a criminal offense may also be committed to the Public Health Service for treatment and rehabilitation. NARA thus set in motion a new nation-wide program for the supervised treatment and rehabilitation -- an aftercare program of three years' duration -- of addicts in the community. The National Institute of Men­ tal Health, Division of Narcotic Addiction and Drug Abuse is responsible for the examina­ tion and treatment of patients committed under provisions of NARA. How is it working? A look at five "case histories" suggests that the program is off to k good start. Robert J. started using bar­ biturates in reform school when he was 15. At nineteen, he was a high school dropout -- and heroin addict. Jose H. is 32. He started using heroin at 15 and has been using it intermittently ever since. John P. has been an addict since he was 19. Now 26, he found his "habit" costing him $35 a day at the peak of his addiction; and he stole checks to support his addiction. Bill M. is 30 years old and has a 10-year history of drug abuse. Once he was sent to jail to "kick the habit"." Mere­ ly jailing him didn't work. Another heroin addict, R.R., has been stealing $25-30 daily to pay for the drug. His fam­ ily, consisting of his wife and three children, had broken up. Before NARA, there would have been little hope for the rehabilitation of any of these five individuals. Typically, they would have remained hooked on hard narcotics, stolen more and more to pay for their drugs, been jailed repeatedly. Likely, they would have been dead within a few years from an overdose of drugs, which happens frequently among nar­ cotic victims. Moreover, the five, it is es­ timated, would have stolen $82,800 in cash or merchan­ dise to support their habits since the time they entered the NARA program. Now, each of them has been free of drugs since at least May, 1968. Two of them have been rid of their habits since the fall of 1967. All are either gainfully employed or receiving training; and one is attending college part-time. Among the first to receive treatment under NARA, they were given six months of in­ tensive inpatient treatment at an NIMH clinical research cen­ ter. On discharge, they went into intensive rehabilitation programs established in their home communities. Local agen­ cies were contracted with by NIMH to provide the services. Currently, fifty-eight such prgrams have been set up in fifty-five U.S. cities in thirty- seven states. * More are being meg*i* added almost *ly. Now enrolled in the total pro­ gram are 268 patients. The number is growing and by summer of 1970 is expected to reach 2,000 patients, accord­ ing to Dr. Sidney Cohen, Di­ rector of the Division of Nar­ cotic Addiction and Drug Abuse of the National Insitute of Men­ tal Health. Admission to NARA is al­ ways through the federal courts. In some cases, addicts them­ selves request commitment proceedings be started. In oth­ ers, they elect commitment to treatment rather than face prosecution on Federal crim­ inal charges. So "far, the program has had a low dropout rate. Dr. Cohen attributes this to two factors mainly: the personal attention and intensive service received by the patients and*screening out of addicts who show lit­ tle hope or° desire for suc­ cessful rehabilitation. The program already is pay­ ing dividends in economic sav­ ings as well as social ways, according to Dr. Cohen. He es­ timates, for example, that "for less than $1 million (the cost of the aftercare program to date), thefts required to sup­ port the habits of the addicts receiving rehabilitation have been reduced by $1.6 million-- a savings of $600,000." The savings are calculated on the basis of findings by the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Justice which indicate how much the average addict must steal daily to support his drug habit. Far from all addicts will ever be as outstanding beneficiaries of the program as R.R., men­ tioned earlier, but^RIS^case is encouraging and to others. He was a heroin addict for nine years before entering NARA's program. After inten­ sive treatment at NIMH's Lex­ ington center, he went into his community aftercare program, in Detroit, following four weeks of psychological testing and vo­ cational evaluation there." He took part in self-help group therapy and was placed for em­ ployment in an automobile pro­ duction plant. Since he began his therapy, he has paid for renovations on his home, purchased an automo­ bile, and assumed full family responsibilities for his wife and three children. He also be­ came an active member of his community's social organiza­ tions, helping groups on youth and drug problems. As do all NARA patients, R.R. will remain in his aftercare program for thirty-six months. The chances of his completing the program and maintaining his progress are good, say the pro­ gram authorities. For a free folder on the NARA program, write to Box 1080, NIMH, Washington, D.C. 20013. 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