Word: drugged
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...threat of war, and with most pocketbooks reasonably well filled, those subjects are looming again as pre-eminent national concerns. Almost every day Califano is in the midst of the skirmishes on abortion, student loans, school desegregation, treatment of the handicapped, hospital costs, welfare reform, social security, smoking, drug control and dozens of other issues that touch the daily existence of every one of the 218 million people...
After three days of debate, the Senators adjourned for a week-long recess; but before leaving Washington, they agreed to an unusual closed-door session next week to discuss charges that General Torrijos is involved in secret drug traffic. When the issue was raised by a treaty opponent, Robert Dole of Kansas, Fellow Republican Jacob Javits of New York argued that the point was meaningless. "We don't have to prove that Torrijos is an angel. I don't think he is ... What is important is whether the treaties are in the long-term interest of the United...
...think ultimately cocaine is less harmful than alcohol and tobacco," Grinspoon said. However, he is concerned about the potential for abuse if cocaine is legalized and can be bought at drug stores for $30 an ounce instead of the current street price of about $2000, Grinspoon added...
Bakalar, who will speak on the development of attitudes toward drugs, using cocaine as an example, agrees with his colleague that the government "should start reducing the penalties" for cocaine use, he said yesterday. "The price you pay in criminal penalties is much greater than any harm the drug would cause," he added...
Weil, speaking on the medical uses of cocaine and coca, the South American plant from which cocaine is obtained, will call for the acceptance by the medical profession of coca leaves as a legitimate drug...