Word: pollin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...letter to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the federal agency that in 1978 requested and funded the study, Press contended that the committee had "insufficient" data and was rendering "a judgment so value laden that it should have been left to the political process." NIDA Director Dr. William Pollin was "not pleased" either. Pointing to recent surveys that indicate high school seniors are turning away from pot, he said it would be "a terrible mistake and a public health tragedy [to do] anything that suggests a greater societal acceptance of the use of marijuana, particularly by young people...