Among the State and national officials gathering Monday at the Monroe Civic Center to address 21,000 students during a drug seminar are (from left) John Ingersoll, Director of the Bureau of Narcotics, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Louisiana Governor John J. McKeithen and U.S. Representative Otto Passman of Louisiana. President Richard M. Nixon who termed the seminar the largest of its kind in the nation, spoke to the students by phone.

Photo is dated 1971.

Photo measures 8.75 x 8.25 inches.