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...ended the first drug crisis in the U.S. In less than a generation, public attitudes had been transformed. Once widely regarded as a harmless cure-all, cocaine "had become in the American mind the most hated, feared and loathed drug," says Dr. David Musto of Yale, a leading authority on the history of drugs and society...
...baby-boom generation offered the drug-culture priests a slew of ready disciples. "By 1960 you had a whole generation who knew nothing about drugs, and what little they did know came from people who didn't know anything about drugs either," says Historian Musto. "When people found out that marijuana didn't drive you wild and mad, the Government lost what little credibility...
Some experts think that the neo-temperance mood in America could lead to a new prohibition era, even though there is a national trend away from local option laws that ban sales of liquor by the drink. Says Yale Professor David Musto: "Historically, temperance moods have led to prohibition. There's a human tendency to get carried away." Even if Musto is right, chances are that the pendulum of excess will swing back again. What put an end to Prohibition in 1933 was not so much that it was unworkable and unenforceable. According to some historians, it lowered U.S. drinking...
...immigrants expected, there is a fear that the local economy can no longer absorb them. North Jersey Congressmen, mayors, clergymen and community leaders met last week to form a committee to request federal aid for the resettlement. Says Union City Mayor William V. Musto: "There's no comparison between the economy...
...York indictment charges that Astarita and Musto debriefed Dr. Pisani last fall about the condition of Ron Johnson, the Giants' star running back. Going into a Sept. 30 game against the Cleveland Browns, the injured Johnson was listed as a "probable" player. Partly for that reason, the Giants were rated as 4-point favorites. In fact, Johnson did not play and the Giants lost 12-10. If the bookies knew Johnson would not play, they stood to make a killing by accepting mostly Giants bets. What is good business for bookies is bad business for football. Coming...