Länk:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?...39015015647558
(S.79)
"Intensive studies of the Greek and Jamaican populations of heavy long-term cannabis users appear to dispute the sole causality of cannabis in this syndrome. The heavy ganja and hashish using individuals were from lower socio-economic groups, and possessed average intelligence but had little education and small chance of vocational advancement. Most were married and maintained families and households. They were all employed, most often as laborers or small businessmen, at a level which corresponded with their education and opportunity. In general, their lifes styles were dictated by socioeconomic factors and did not appear to deteriorate as a result of cannabis use."
(S.108)
"In a word, cannabis does not lead to physical dependence. No torturous withdrawal syndrome follows the sudden cessation of chronic, heavy use of marihuana. Although evidence indicates that heavy, long-term cannabise users may develop psychological dependence, even then the level of psychological dependence is no different from the syndrome of anxiety and restlessness seen when an American stops smoking tobacco cigarettes."
(S.126-127)
"Rather than informing the public, much of the data disseminated has produced frustration and misinterpretation of the information presented. In many cases the adults are still influenced by the myths of an earlier period which overstated the dangers of the drug. When the issue of marihuana use is placed in this context of society's larger concerns, marihuana does not emerge as a major issue or threat to the social order."
(S.129-130)
"In the early legislation, marihuana was officially characterized as a narcotic on the basis of the widely shared assumption that it was a habit-forming drug, leading inevitably to a form of dependence. Although the medical community was aware that marihuana was distinguishable from opiates in that it did not produce physical dependence, no functional distinction was drawn; it was assumes that most users were psychologically compelled to continue using the drug."
(S.188-189)
"The total prohibition scheme was rejected primarily because no sufficiently compelling social reason, predicated on existing knowledge, justifies intrusion by the criminal justice system into the private lives of individuals who use marihuana. The comission is of the unanimous opinion that marihuana use is not such a grave problem that individuals who smoke marihuana, and possess it for that purpose, should be subject to criminal procedures."
(S.210-211)
"We have carefully analyzed the interrelationship between marihuana the drug, marihuana use as a behavior, and marihuana as a social problem. Recognizing the extensive degree of misinformation about marihuana as a drug, we have tried to demythologize it. Viewing the use of marihuana in its wider social context, we have tried to desymbolize it.
Considering the range of social concerns in contemporary America, marihuana does not, in our considered judgment, rank very high. We would deemphasize marihuana as a problem. The existing social and legal policy is out of proportion to the individual and social harm engendered by the use of the drug.
(S.223-224)
"The comission recognizes that several state legislatures have improperly classified marihuana as a narcotic, and recommends that they now redefine marihuana according to the stantards of the recently adopted uniform controlled substance law. Scientific evidence has clearly demonstrared that marihuana is not a narcotic drug, and the law should properly reflect this fact. The consequence of inappropriate definition is that the public continues to associate marihuana with the narcotics, such as heroin. The confusion resulting from this improper classification helps to perpetuate prejudices and misinformation about marihuana."
