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...swim. Troubled travelers can get free psychiatric counseling in Amsterdam, free beds through Infor Jeunes (a voluntary youth service organization) in Brussels and easy tolerance of hash smoking (but not selling) in most northern European countries. A government-supported radio station in Amsterdam quotes spot prices for incoming hashish: "Morocco, 2.90 guilders per gram; Turkey, 3.40; Nepal, 3.70; Pakistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Rites of Passage: The Knapsack Nomads | 7/19/1971 | See Source »

...BRIEF history of world-wide use of cannabis and the methods used for harvesting is included, and Grinspoon makes a point of refuting the "Assassins" myth which attributes the origin of the name "hashish" to a band of eleventh century Persian warriors who (so the story goes) got high before battle. Grinspoon also sharply criticizes the AMA and in particular the anti-grass bias of the AMA journal...

Author: By Jerry T. Nepom, | Title: Marijuana Turning On | 5/1/1971 | See Source »

...gleaned a lot of material about the Nazarene's hidden years-from 13 to 30-that should surprise a lot of people," he explains. "For instance, Jesus may not have smoked hashish, but at least it was offered to him. He was conversant with it. Why not show the kids a Jesus they can identify with?" And while he speaks, he forgets the present-full of Hell-Raiders as it is-and his voice drifts back into the accents of an orphan raised by Baptists in the growing young city of Dallas...

Author: By G. J. K., | Title: Alex in Wonderlandat the Astor | 3/4/1971 | See Source »

...amount of heroin seized skyrocketed from 22 decks ($10 quantities) in 1969, to 364 decks in 1970. Hashish confiscated jumped from two pounds in 1969, to 28 pounds...

Author: By Samuel Z. Goldhaber, | Title: Harvard Drug Use Apparently Declines | 2/24/1971 | See Source »

Cambridge police arrested 40 per cent more suspects for drug offenses in 1970 than in 1969. Drug confiscations last year were more than ten times their 1969 rate for heroin and hashish. But these statistics have not resulted in any police action within the Harvard dormitories...

Author: By Samuel Z. Goldhaber, | Title: Harvard Drug Use Apparently Declines | 2/24/1971 | See Source »

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