Pub. L. 91-177, tit. I, sec. 106

new special emphasis programs authorized

EnactedYear: 1969Length: 334 wordsOfficial source
new special emphasis programs authorized Sec. 106. Section 222(a) of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraphs: “(8) An ‘Alcoholic Counseling and Recovery’ program designed to discover and treat the disease of alcoholism. Such program should be community based, serve the objective of the maintenance of the family structure as well as the recovery of the 83 Stat. 830 individual alcoholic, encourage the use of neighborhood facilities and the services of recovered alcoholics as counselors, and emphasize the reentry of the alcoholic into society rather than the institutionalization of the alcoholic. Of the sums appropriated or allocated for programs authorized under this title, the Director shall reserve and make available not less than $10,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and not less than $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, for the purpose of carrying out this program. “(9) A ‘Drug Rehabilitation’ program designed to discover causes of drug abuse and addiction, to treat narcotic and drug addiction and the dependence associated with drug abuse, and to rehabilitate the drug abuser and drug addict. Such program should deal with the abuse or addiction resulting from the use of narcotic drugs such as heroin, opium, and cocaine, stimulants such as amphetamines, depressants, marihuana, hallucinogens, and tranquilizers. Such program should be community based, serve the objective of the maintenance of the family structure as well as the recovery of the individual drug abuser or addict, encourage the use of neighborhood facilities and the services of recovered drug abusers and addicts as counselors, and emphasize the reentry of the drug abuser and addict into society rather than his institutionalization. Of the sums appropriated or allocated for programs authorized under this title, the Director shall reserve and make available not less than $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, and not less than $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, for the purpose of carrying out this program.”
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