Task Force Report: DrunkenessTask Force, 1967 - 131 strani |
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Stran 23 - ... be punished by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than...
Stran 8 - Alcoholics are those excessive drinkers whose dependence upon alcohol has attained such a degree that it shows a noticeable mental disturbance or an interference with their bodily and mental health, their inter-personal relations, and their smooth social and economic functioning...
Stran 24 - (a) Any person who is intoxicated in public may be taken or sent to his home or to a public or private health facility by the police or authorized personnel of the Bureau...
Stran 119 - ... position. If you tell me that you had no hand in your parentage and education, and that it is therefore unjust to lay these things to your charge, I answer that whether your being in a consumption is your fault or no, it is a fault in you, and it is my duty to see that against such faults as this the commonwealth shall be protected. You may say that it is your misfortune to be criminal ; I answer that it is your crime to be unfortunate.
Stran 118 - The principal objective of the medical profession is to render service to humanity with full respect for the dignity of man. Physicians should merit the confidence of patients entrusted to their care, rendering to each a full measure of service and devotion.
Stran 56 - Passenger comfort is one of the most important factors to be considered in the design of these facilities and this also applies to the waiting rooms, rest rooms, lunch and dining rooms.
Stran 3 - The criminal justice system appears ineffective to deter drunkenness or to meet the problems of the chronic alcoholic offender. What the system usually does accomplish is to remove the drunk from public view, detoxify him, and provide him with food, shelter, emergency medical service, and a brief period of forced sobriety. As presently constituted, the system is not in a position to meet his underlying medical and social problems.
Stran 22 - The alcoholic suffers from a disease which will yield eventually to scientific research and adequate treatment. Even with the present limited state of our knowledge, much can be done to reduce the untold suffering and uncounted waste caused by this affliction. I have instructed the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to— appoint an Advisory Committee on Alcoholism; establish in the Public Health Service a center for research on the cause, prevention, control, and treatment of alcoholism;...
Stran 119 - But I will enlarge no further upon things that are themselves so obvious. You may say that it is not your fault. The answer is ready enough at hand, and it amounts to this that if you had been born of healthy and well-to-do parents, and been well taken care of when you were a child, you would never have offended against the laws of your country, nor found yourself in your present disgraceful position. If you...
Stran 50 - The upshot of our decision is that the State cannot stamp an unpretending chronic alcoholic as a criminal if his drunken public display is involuntary as the result of disease. However, nothing we have said precludes appropriate detention of him for treatment and rehabilitation so long as he is not marked a criminal.