Word: marijuana
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...crisis began this spring, after local police arrested nine students in a surprise marijuana raid. New Hampshire's largest newspaper, the archconservative Manchester Union Leader, followed with a front-page exposé titled "Bare Debauchery at Franconia College." The newspaper charged that "drugs, alcohol and sex are among the main ingredients of campus life. Naked and drugged or drunken men and women have been seen running through the halls at night, and orgies and nude parties have occurred." The accusations, supposedly based on secret reports from an unidentified informant, probably exaggerated the situation at Franconia. Nonetheless, the attack alarmed...
...other adventurous approaches to the news is a sardonic feature called "Today's Totals." Sample rundown: "Three dead in traffic. One death by gunfire. Dow-Jones industrials down 4.93. The Dodgers now 23 ½ games out of first place. The Angels 16 games. Those refusing Army induction: six. Marijuana arrests: 20. High today: 82." KRLA's 14-man news staff is youthful (average age: 29) and happily, rarely takes itself very seriously. Once an announcer closed with "This has been KRLA news. For all the news, listen to KNX, KFWB or read a newspaper." Spoofing traffic reporting, KRLA...
...from the only problem. Los Angeles recorded an 8.1% crime rise in 1967 over 1966. Because of its sprawling size, which isolates branch offices and gives any getaway car 1,000 escape routes, it is No. 1 in bank robberies. Because of its proximity to Mexico, it is the marijuana capital of the world. The L.A.P.D. seized 21 tons of grass last year, enough to orbit a good-size army. Because of its balmy climate, it has, notes the chief, a "twelvemonth crime culture...
Last summer 1) widespread media coverage of the use of marijuana by youth in general, 2) the holding of several be-ins in the spring, 3) the emergence of a psychedelic newspaper called Avatar, 4) the appearance of a head shop on Mass. Ave. called "Headquarters East," 5) the creation of a Diggers' free food house on Columbia St. in Cambridge, 6) the opening of a draft resistance headquarters, and 7) the movement of long-haired, funny-dressed people out of such underground (lit.) handouts as the Blue Parrot Cafe into the streets--all these things combined with...
While condemning the use of marijuana and supporting strict penalties for those who sell it, the statement calls present penalties for possession of pot "unrealistic." First offenders, who now face up to ten years in prison for possession, should not be treated harshly, the medical groups recommend. Only penalties for second and third offenses, they add, should be made gradually more severe. And they feel that "additional research is needed to determine more about the effects of marijuana" before anyone should make up his mind about...