Word: marijuana
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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toward rational legalization of marijuana...
Alan M. Dershowitz, professor of law, said that the legalization of marijuana is important because it "takes away from the government the power to selectively prosecute people that it doesn't like for other reasons...
...Columbia University in New York the walls may be tumbling down under the pressure of Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller's new narcotic laws. In early December, right before Christmas break, five Columbia students were arrested for allegedly dealing drugs; two for reportedly dealing cocaine and three for reportedly dealing marijuana. Under New York State's draconian narcotics laws, which went into effect last September 1, the two students charged with dealing cocaine face sentences from life imprisonment to no less than 15 years, and the other three students charged with dealing marijuana face sentences up to 15 years...
...have been big league pushers involved in some million-dollar underground narcotics ring. All five students were residents of either Beta Theta Pi or Delta Phi, two fraternity houses located just off campus. Three of the students are fraternity officers and two are varsity wrestlers. The arrests for marijuana dealing consisted of two separate deals; in the first instance a student allegedly sold four pounds of marijuana for $800, and in the other instance another student, the president of Delta Phi, allegedly sold 15 ounces of marijuana...
...resulted in literally hundreds of police every year reporting in court that defendants dropped incriminating evidence-usually narcotics -thereby justifying arrest. There are local variations. Los Angeles recently had a rash of "smell" testimony after one police officer successfully justified a search by saying that he had smelled marijuana on the defendant. In New York, judging by some recent testimony, ghetto residents often leave their apartment doors open with bags of heroin "in plain view." This allows policemen who just happen by to make arrests...