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ATLANTA CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES COUNCIL 1201-B CITY HALL ( ' PHONE 522-4463 - EX. 437 ATLANTA. GEORGIA 30303 Jerry Luxemburger, Chairman John W. Cox, Executive Director October 2, 1969 Mr. Duane Beck Executive Director Community Council of the Atlanta Area, Inc 1000 Glenn Building 120 Marietta Street, NW Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Re: Atlanta Youth Council-Drug Education Project 14th Street Area Dear Duane: I am presently Acting Chairman of the Atlanta Youth Council, and am writing you in that capacity. The Youth Council, at its September meeting, decided that the Drug Education Project in the 14th Street area was an item which required further study by the Council and the Interagency Committee on Alcohol and Drugs before it could commit wholeheartedly to it. As you know, Lewis Dinkins has been trying to find some space in that community for housing a clinic sta rted last summer, a nd to date, has been unable to do so. We will certainly continue these efforts. Also, Lewis contacted Fulton County Health Department in efforts to ascertain resources which they had a vailable for drug educa tion and found tha t they were not substantial, to s ay the least . _After considerable discussion, the Youth Council Boa rd decided that any drug educ a tion a ctivity should be , a t present, under the juris diction of the Interagency Committee on Alcohol and Drugs which was c r eated in cooper ation with your organization . AN AGENCY OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA �-2- Because of its broader scope, the Interagancy Cormnittee, should consider how such an education project could be handled. For example: 1. What sources should be used for statements about drugs? 2. Which authorities should be considered correct? 3. Can statements be made? When · these preliminary decisions and guidelines are set by the Interagency Cormnittee, the Youth Council will be in a better position to set a course pf effective coordinati6n and action for these youth. Sincerely yours, / / :/i VU~.r f~~ (Mrs) ~ e s Perdue, Chairman (Acting) CC: r/ Dan Sweat Jerry Luxemburger John Cox Lewis Dinkins Matthew Patton MP:vwp , .. ,...,.'.!;! . -.- -~ �