Word: marijuana
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Police arrested a Harvard Extension student in Montepelier, Vt., on Dec. 22 for possession and sale of marijuana...
Brian-Jon Swift, who sold about two pounds of marijuana and some LSD to a detective, first told the police who arrested him that he was a student at Harvard. Later he admitted that he merely takes night courses in the Harvard Extension program...
...opinion," he wrote, "based on the evidence presented at this hearing, that marijuana is a harmful and dangerous drug." In fact, "as far as I can ascertain, its only purpose is the induction of a state of intoxication or euphoria. The drug has a great attraction for young men and women of college age or less during their formative years, when they should be gaining the education and experiences upon which to build their future lives. The use of the drug allows them to avoid the resolution of their underlying problems rather than to confront them realistically. While marijuana...
...Having satisfied himself as to pot's dangers, Judge Tauro went on to find that the penalties provided "are not unconstitutional as being cruel and unusual." This, he thought, was particularly true of the penalties that are provided for pushers. As for the alleged similarity between alcohol and marijuana, the judge was not persuaded. While alcohol is an intoxicant, it is also a relaxant, he said; marijuana is used only to intoxicate-a judgment with which some users would disagree...
...concluded by noting that "unfortunately, many marijuana users do not have the same apprehension or fear concerning its use as they do of the physically addictive drugs. This, I feel, is one of the real dangers which permeates the problem. Marijuana is likely to be used, at least initially, as a lark, as an adventure without fear of serious consequences. Thus, the first and apparently innocuous step may be taken in a succession of others possibly leading to drastic results...