Study Finds High Drug Use Among State Prison Inmates
Washington report from UPI details government findings that over 60 percent of state prison inmates have used illicit drugs, with about one third using daily at times. The survey covers 11,400 inmates across 710 facilities and links drug use to criminal behavior and inmate characteristics.
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UPL
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William J. Barton
Drug Enforcement Administration
Study on inmate drug use presented at Reston symposium
A study summarized for over 200 delegates at a National Issues and Strategies Symposium in Reston Virginia reported high usage of heroin and marijuana among inmates. About 10 inmates used heroin weekly or more, with more than half trying marijuana and a quarter daily or near daily. Government agencies aiding included the DEA, LEAA, and Census Bureau staff.
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Reston
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Drug Enforcement Administration
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
National Prisoner Statistics Branch
Crime Statistics Analysis
Census Bureau
Investigators Weigh Theory in Hoffa Kidnap Murder Case
Washington reports a Justice Department official says investigators have a viable theory on who kidnapped and likely murdered James R. Hoffa. They stress the difference between what is known and what can be proven in court, with ongoing information gathering and pressure to break the case.
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UPI
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Anvt
Justice Department
Richard L. ‘Thornburgh
Thornburgh
Hoffa
Detroit Free Press
Underworld
Detroit
Hotta
New Jersey
New Jersey Deamster
Anthony
Provenzano
Bloomfield Township
Mich
Frank Fitesimmons
Nixon
Man on State Board
Gov Briscoe appoints Raul Jimenez of San Antonio to the State Board of Public Welfare succeeding George A Butler of Houston who resigned. Jimenez will resign from the Texas Board of Health Resources which he joined in 1975. he is president of Jimenez Mood Ponducts Inc. in San Antonio and Fort Worth.
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Austin
Briscoe
Raul Jimenez
San Antonio
State Board of Public Welfare
George A. Butler
Houston
Jimenez
Texas Board of Health Resources
Jimenez Mood Ponducts Inc
Fort Worth
Infant Death Studied After Embalming Room Incident
An infant born two months premature died two hours after admission to Parkland Hospital following revival on an embalming table at a Dallas funeral home. The medical examiner opened an inquest into the death as Walter A. Wilson reported the baby lay on the table overnight and cried when found at 7:33 a.m. Friday. Parkland doctors treated the child for 65 minutes before he died.
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UPI
Parkland Hospital
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Walter A. Wilson
Wilson
Parkland
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