Word: marijuana
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fame of sorts a year ago when he got drunk at a debutante party and accidentally drove his date to her death. That time, Smith was convicted of negligent homicide and reckless driving. This time, using a search warrant, the cops nabbed Smith and his roommate for possession of marijuana, which they said was stashed in his attic, a suitcase and a bureau drawer...
Having dug out the marijuana, which was otherwise invisible, the police also arrested six of Smith's guests-two girls and four boys ranging in age from 16 to 20. All faced the same charges and the same possible rap: one year in prison and a $1,000 fine...
Timothy Leary, former lecturer in Clinical Psychology, was arrested at the Mexican border Dec. 23 and charged by U.S. customs officials with the illegal possession of marijuana. The agents seized five ounces of the drug...
...murders, rapes, larcenies and other major crimes, and cause 31.5% of all traffic fatalities. Youth stages demonstrations in support of the country's enemies. Youth parades with placards of four-letter words. Youth scandalizes proud suburbs with grass parties-grass being one of the hippiest synonyms for marijuana. The latest campus fad seems to be underground "anti-universities" with courses in such subjects as revolution, "Search for the Authentic Sexual Experience" and hallucinogenic drugs. Boys look like girls, girls look like boys, and the songs they sing are not of love and laughter, but sour, self-pitying whines about...
Students countered that they saw no difference between the social effects of marijuana and those of alcohol. "There is nothing to say," declared one student, "that someone who takes pot is going to become an Alan Ginsberg anymore than someone who drinks is going to become a Sarah Churchill...