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GEORGE G. CRAWFORD
VICE CHAIRMAN
GLENN E. COOLIDGE
REX M. CUNNINGHAM
CLAYTON A. DILLS
W. S. GRANT
RICHARD T. HANNA
SETH J. JOHNSON
HOWARD J. THELIN

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY INTERIM COMMITTEE
ON
PUBLIC HEALTH

W. BYRON RUMFORD, CHAIRMAN

January 20, 1958

Lawrence Kolb, M.D.
664.5 - 32nd Street, N.W.
Washington 15, D. C.

Dear Dr.

Kolb:

The Assembly Interim Committee on Public Health,

on Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs,

CLIT RKE ON

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
MISS DIANA CLARKSON
ROOM 413
EARL WARREN HALL
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CAMPUS
BERKELEY 4, CALIFORNIA
TELEPHONE: THORNWALL 1-1828

Subcommittee
is presently studying the

various methods of treatment for narcotic addiction and their
effectiveness, and the care that is now available for addicts

in California.

Assemblyman Rex Cunningham, chairman of this

subcommittee, has scheduled the first public hearing for
February 13 and 1), in San Francisco.

Dr. Marshall Porter, Director of the Department of Mental
Hygiene, directed our attention to your article, "Letts
Stop This Narcotics Hysteria," in the July 28, 1956 issue

of the Saturday Evening Post.

 

He also suggested that lI

write you for an up-to-date statement concerning your feel-
ings on the medical aspects of narcotics addiction, methods
of treatment, and their effectiveness.

Any assistance you may be able to give will be greatly
appreciated.

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Sincerely yours,

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Miss Diana Clarkson
Executive Secretary