Box 2, Folder 24, Document 43

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-. ATLANTA CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES COUNCIL

1201-B CITY HALL j 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 started last summer, and 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 available for drug education and found that they were not sub-
stantial, to say the least.

After considerable discussion, the Youth Council Board decided that
any drug education activity should be, at present, under the juris-
diction of the Interagency Committee on Alcohol and Drugs which was
created in cooperation with your organization.

AN AGENCY OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA






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Because of its broader scope, the Interagancy Committee, 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 Inter-
agency Committee, the Youth Council will be in a better position to
set a course of effective coordination and action for these youth.

Sincerely yours,

y jt
(Mrs) nhgfes Perdue, Chairman (Acting)

CC: Dan Sweat /
Jerry Luxemburger
John Cox
Lewis Dinkins
Matthew Patton

MP: vwp


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