Item AAAB2937 - Bob McClelland : [press conferences, etc., February-July 1977]

CALL NUMBER: T2689:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bob McClelland : On heroin legalization and cabinet parole procedures RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-02-15 & 1997-03-21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Minister of Health Bob McClelland rejects a proposal from the John Howard Society to legalise heroin, 15 February 1977. TRACK 2: McClelland says the cabinet decision to release accused murderer Ronald Ingram was a very difficult one and one that should be made by a judge rather than cabinet, 21 March 1977. CALL NUMBER: T2689:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bob McClelland : On mental illness and Okanagan weed spraying RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-03-30 & 1977-06-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Minister of Health Bob McClelland discusses the problems of treating suicidally inclined mental health patients. Says that locking them up for their own safety is not a solution, 30 March 1977. TRACK 2: McClelland denies that he was attempting to muzzle the Okanagan Health Officer on the issue of using 2,4-D against Eurasian milfoil weed in the Okanagan lakes, 20 June 1977. CALL NUMBER: T2689:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Bob McClelland : On Okanagan milfoil weed program RECORDED: [location unknown], 1977-07-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Health Minister Bob McClelland discusses the 2,4-D control program for Eurasian milfoil weed on the Okanagan lakes, 5 July 1977. [TRACK 2: blank.]