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...doubtful that either the Monro letter or the Farnsworth report will change the attitudes of many students on drugs. Dean von Stade and others have feared that freshmen, who come to Harvard often alone and without friends, are easily coerced into taking drugs when they are approached by new acquaintances. The Monro letter will at least give them more reason to say no, von Stade said...
Quite a few observers thought that the Monro Doctrine (as the Record American christened it) and the five-page medical report from the University Health Services that accompanied it were the result of outside pressure on the University to do something about drug abuse in the Yard. The press and maybe the alumni, they said, are forcing Monro to take a stand against drugs once and for all, and Monro must respond to get Harvard off the hook. Or, just as likely, they said, the cops and the feds are planning a big raid on the University, and Monro wants...
Dana Farnsworth, head of the UHS and co-author of the medical report on drugs, tagged the amount of marijuana use in the University at 15 percent. Interviews with proctors, students, and UHS psychiatrists indicate that Farnsworth's estimate is probably low. Two extensive surveys at Yale have put the percentage there at 25 to 30 per cent. And at Princeton, a Press Club survey showed 15 per cent...
...Monro statement as just another expression of the intolerant and wholly ridiculous attitude of the older generation. The Farnsworth statement, too, appeared intemperate, just filled with scary stories and no facts to back up anything. A teaching fellow, who helped write the narcotics section of the President's Crime Report, attacked the medical report in a letter to the Crimson. The Farnsworth Report says "marijuana produces significant dependence, to a serious degree" and can "of course, lead into addiction to narcotics." The President's Report disagrees with both arguments...
...talking about at the Faculty meeting," Schelling says. The group, organized under the Kennedy School's Institute of Politics, met for 10 Saturday mornings to educate themselves on the selective service system. Initially, it did not intend to release statements, but three weeks ago released the following preliminary report, which was agreed upon unanimously by the 14 members...