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‘Medical Panel
“Teking Stand
For Ogden

* A panel ‘of medical experts, in-
Siding one who has frequently
enounced public “hysteria”
about narcotics, prepared today
to. testify in the defense of Dr.
Frank N. Ogden, 61-year-old Bal-
timore_ physican © charged with
prescribing drugs “in bad faith.”
“Dr. Ogden has admitted pre-
scribing. drugs for known drug
addicts, but says he did it “to

' Ywaintain them and keep them
from becoming community prob-
~The State has produced. evi-
dence to show that the former
Bire Department surgeon and
idely known general practitioner
provided a continuing supply of

. Forphine and dolophine, a syn-
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é . Dr. Kolb Testifying.
- Among the experts on hand to
testify in Dr. Ogden’s defense is.
i. Laurence -Kolb, formerly of:
he United States Public Health
Service, who has long argued that
harcotics addicts must be treated
S sick patients: TeRbEE than as}
riminals. '
=In a national magazine article
te has contended that the dope
itoblem has been oversensational-
ed an dthat the “hysteria” about | -
# has resulted in much ill-con-
cel le sation.
r. Ogden, who took the: wit-
hess stand it his own defense
Wednesday, was expected to re-
turn today for the completion of
See eeinaliee by John C.
eiss, assistant State’s attorney.

  
    
  
   

we “While the defense is expected
_ €6° bear heavily on the philosophy |*
oF treating narcotics victims, Mr.}:
Weiss centered much of his ques-
foning on Dr. Ogden’s records.
. One of the charges against Dr.
‘Ogden is failure to keep proper
records of narcotics.

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