METHAQUALONE (Quaalude, Sopor) TRAFFIC,

ABUSE AND REGULATION

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE JUVENILE

DELINQUENCY

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

PURSUANT TO

S. Res. 56, Section 12

INVESTIGATION OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
IN THE UNITED STATES

Legislative Hearings on the Methaqualone Control Act of 1973, S. 1252

95-295 O

MARCH 28, 29, AND APRIL 6, 1973

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1973

QUENTIN N. BURDICK, North Dakota
EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts

MARLOW W. COOK, Kentucky

ROMAN L. HRUSKA, Nebraska

HIRAM L. FONG, Hawaii

CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland

MATHEA FALCO, Staff Director and Chief Counsel
JOHN M. RECTOR, Deputy Chief Counsel

(II)

CONTENTS

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Baumgold, Julie, contributing editor, New York Magazine__

Daroff, Les, panel of former methaqualone abusers (accompanied by Pat,

Max R. Poynton, Paul Keel, and Gary Doby)

Doby, Gary, panel of former methaqualone abusers (accompanied by

Les Daroff, Pat, Max R. Poynton, and Paul Keel)-

Eckman, John W., president and chief executive officer, William H. Rorer,

Inc., Fort Washington, Pa. (accompanied by Dr. Nelson H. Reavey-

Cantwell and Thomas E. Quay)_.

French, Jr., Glendon E., executive vice president and chief administrative

officer, Arnar-Stone Laboratories, Inc. (accompanied by Richard D.

Manthei), Mount Prospect, Ill.

Gardner, Dr. Elmer A., Director, Division of Neuropharmacological Drug

Products, Food and Drug Administration (accompanied Sherwin

Gardner), Washington, D.C.......

Gardner, Sherwin, Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug

Administration (accompanied by John Jennings, Elmer Gardner, Peter

Barton Hutt, and Gerald F. Meyer), Washington, D.C..

Gay, George R., M.D., F.A.C.A., director of clinical activities, Haight-

Ashbury Free Medical Clinic, San Francisco, Calif___

Gilbert, Gerald E., counsel, Hogan and Hartson, for Parke, Davis & Co.,

Detroit, Mich. (accompanied Dr. Leslie M. Lueck)..

Hutt, Peter Barton, General Counsel, Food and Drug Division, Food and

Drug Administration, Washington, D.C. (accompanied Sherwin

Gardner)...

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Inaba, Darryl S., Pharm D., chief pharmaceutical services drug detoxifi-

cation, rehabilitation and aftercare project of the Haight-Ashbury Free

Medical Clinic, San Francisco, Calif. (accompanied Dr. George Gay)... 188b

Inciardi, Dr James A., associate professor, Division of Addiction Sciences,

Department of Psychiatry, University of Miami School of Medicine,

Miami, Fla.; associate director of research, metropolitan Dade County

(Fla.) comprehensive drug program, and senior associate, resource

Planning Corp., Washington, D.C., Miami, Fla

Jennings, Dr. John, Associate Commissioner for Medical Affairs, Food and

Drug Administration, Washington, D.C. (accompanied Sherwin

Gardner).

Jurow, Irving H., counsel for Cooper Laboratories, Inc., Bedford Hills,

N. Y. (accompanied Dr. Robert C. O'Neill)

Keel, Paul, panel of former methaqualone abusers (accompanied Les Daroff,

Pat, Max R. Poynton, and Gary Doby)..

Kunnes, Dr. Richard, psychiatrist, Medical School faculty, University of

Michigan, and director, University of Michigan-Washtenaw County

Community Mental Health Center's outpatient program, Ann Arbor,

Mich...

Lents, Charles, director of regulatory affairs, Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit,

Mich. (accompanied Dr. Leslie M. Lueck).

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Lueck, Dr. Leslie M., vice president, quality control and government regu-

lations, Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit, Mich. (accompanied by Charles

Lents and Gerald E. Gilbert).

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Manthei, Richard D., secretary and counsel, Arnar-Stone Laboratories,

Inc., Mount Prospect, Ill. (accompanied Glendon E. French, Jr.).

Meyer, Gerald F., Director, Office of Legislative Services, Food and Drug
Administration, Washington, D.C. (accompanied Sherwin Gardner)____

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