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The Farragut {ReportFrom The Idaho Statesman. The Citizen’s Fact Finding Committee on Farragut went to a lot of trouble to produce a report that’s interesting and informative; Unfortunately, it doesn’t add much to knowledge about how to deal with drugs, or with rock festivals.What the committee found was mostly known before-that large numbers of people congregated at Farragut in July for what was billed as a “church picnic.”Drugs- were freely dispensed. While undercover agents were on the scene, law enforcement people avoided a confrontation with the crowd. Some people suffered from drug overdoses. No one died.The committee concluded that state parks should be open to the public, even for rock festivals. It recommended new regulations for state parks, and a requirement that advertising for large gatherings be submitted in advance to the state-with the state having authority to include certain warnings against drugs.Drugs ought to be discouraged. Laws should be enforced at such gatherings./ It is reasonable for the state and local authorities to take the position that rock festivals should not be off limits for law enforcement.The problem with the Farragut affair was to avoid a confrontation type situation that might result in violence or death-as has happened in other states. Unfortunately this meant the drug laws -weren’t enforced as they should be. ___As we said in an editorial after the Farragut affair, any sponsoring group should 'be required to pledge to enforce a no-drug rule, and should assist in enforcement.The citizen’s committee idea of state review of adver-
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Sandpoint Daily Bee
Sandpoint, Idaho, US
Fri, Feb 11, 1972
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