Richard Nixon's Commission
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2014 10:50 am
The opinion that cannabis is not harmful and should not be classified as Schedule I is not new. Richard Nixon is the president who first placed marijuana on the list, against the recommendation of his own National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse “little proven danger of physical or psychological harm from the experimental or intermittent use of the natural preparations of cannabis.”
In addition, Nixon’s Commission actually recommended that possession of marijuana for personal use not be criminalized at all, and that distribution of small amounts for no profit not be an offense.
That was in 1970. It has taken 44 years for this argument to make its way into a Federal courtroom again.
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In addition, Nixon’s Commission actually recommended that possession of marijuana for personal use not be criminalized at all, and that distribution of small amounts for no profit not be an offense.
That was in 1970. It has taken 44 years for this argument to make its way into a Federal courtroom again.
Marijuana Legalization: Doctors Argue War on Pot Has ‘No Footing in Reality’
also
http://blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/20 ... rt-monday/