Word: marijuana
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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These are the pop drugs?the drugs widely taken by middle-class young people, most of whom are white. Their use is growing; marijuana smoking, in particular, is increasing. (Heroin use, by contrast, remains comparatively static.) "For the first time," says California Psychopharmacologist Dr. Leo Hollister, "pot is entrenched in our society, with untold millions using the drug. We have passed the point of no return...
There are vast differences in the effects of pop drugs. New research makes it clear that marijuana is "softer" and less perilous than the others, although for some people it does hold genuine psychological dangers. Pop drugs have provoked a defiance of the law unprecedented since Prohibition. The drug scene has stirred intense debate among scientists, doctors and politicians...
...authorized policemen to break in unannounced on suspected violators so that they could not destroy potential evidence. This is the "no-knock" tactic that some lawmen say is most likely to be employed against drug users. The bill would also restore the tough Federal penalties for simple possession of marijuana recently ruled invalid on technical grounds by the Supreme Court. The bill has drawn sharp opposition from experts who believe that marijuana is a considerably less dangerous drug than speed, LSD or heroin, and should be recognized as such. The bill contains only slim provisions for drug research and education...
...Marijuana and other pop drugs come from many other sources, not the least the U.S. itself. U.S. Cannabis?if not as choice as the Mexican variety?grows wild throughout the Midwest. In Nebraska alone last week, an estimated 115,000 acres of it were nearly ready for harvesting?by any would-be pot-gatherers who could sneak by the police. Yet despite the plenitude of "Tennessee blue" and "Bethesda gold," rising demand for pot in the U.S. has recently been a major factor in producing a marijuana famine in many U.S. cities. Many authorities say that the dearth...
...recent Administration task force "conservatively" estimated that at least 5,000,000 Americans have used marijuana at least once. Dr. Stanley Yolles, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, puts the total far higher: at least 12 million, and perhaps even 20 million. Pot is, of course, most widely used by the young. Yolles estimates that