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...strictly from a health standpoint, apart from social consequences, has not been demonstrated to be deleterious. One may assume (although this has not been clearly proven) that the physical welfare of an individual is at least as gravely prejudiced by occasional use of alcohol and constant use of cigarette tobacco as by episodic use of marihuana. However, if consideration for the moment be confined only to the physical consequences of marihuana (apart from all social and legal implications) it must be recognized that constant and large dosage of marihuana is debilitating, reduces energy and motivation, and promotes dependence on others...
...could have confidence in old Jerry Adair, journeyman third base-man, who chewed tobacco and hunched over the plate in arthritic concentration. One hesitates to say it, but the team was Andrews and Adair. In the mixture of their youth and age, the identity of their concentration, lay the secret of Red Sox success...
...Massachusetts marijuana law unconstitutional on grounds that it is "irrational and arbitrary," and that it goes beyond the regulatory power of the state. Oteri also contends that it infringes on the individual's right to privacy and that it violates equal protection of the laws since alcohol, tobacco and other similarly dangerous drugs are not similarly barred. Finally, he feels that it subjects citizens to "cruel and unusual and excessive punishment...
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp...
...Your story "Smoking & Safety" [Sept. 1] misleads in regard to Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. On Aug. 25 we tested some filters made by the Strickman group in order to be informed of the present state of development. Such testing does not indicate, as you aver, that Brown & Williamson is now "satisfied with the Strickman device." That is a conclusion that you formed without any verification from...