MARIJUANA AND LSD ON THE CAMPUS (FROM AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION - PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONGRESS OF CORRECTION - SEE NCJ-02838)

• NCJ Number: 10066
• Author(s): S L HALLECK
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: American Correctional Association
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT ACA MEETING, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, AUG 25-29, 1968

Annotation

REVIEW OF MARIJUANA AND LSD USE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES, CONCLUDING THAT DRUG CONTROL BE DISPASSIONATELY REVIEWED AND THAT REASONABLE, ENFORCEABLE LAWS BE DEVISED.

Abstract

MARIJUANA IS WIDESPREAD ON CAMPUSES AND MAY BE REPLACING ALCOHOL AS THE PREDOMINANT MILD, SOCIAL INTOXICANT. CURRENT LAWS, MAKING USAGE A FELONY, ARE SO UNENFORCEABLE THAT THEY FOSTER GENERAL CONTEMPT FOR THE LAW. MARIJUANA LAWS SHOULD AT LEAST BE LIBERALIZED TO REMOVE ALL LIMITS FROM RESEARCH AND TO REDUCE THE PENALTY FOR POSSESSION OR USAGE TO A MISDEMEANOR. SUCH ACTION WILL RESULT IN DECREASED USAGE. USE OF LSD IS FAR LESS FREQUENT, AND CAN BE SHOWN TO HAVE PHYSIOLOGICALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY HARMFUL EFFECTS. LSD SHOULD NOT BE LEGALIZED, BUT CURRENT PENALTIES SHOULD BE REDUCED AS WITH MARIJUANA. IT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES SO THAT ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT ITS EFFECTS COULD BE OBTAINED AND DISSEMINATED, EDUCATION BEING A MOST EFFECTIVE FORM OF CONTROL.