Archive Report
Archive Report
Changing Perspective on Drug Abuse
Anbivalent Attitude Toward Nation's Drug Cultute
A major shift in American policy toward drug abuse seems in the offing. Support is growing in public and private circles to relax the nation's marijuana laws. The 94th Congress will almost certainly be asked to consider legislation removing criminal penalties for marijuana use. Similar legislation is already in effect in Oregon and is being considered by a number of other states.
Americans have long been ambiguous in their attitudes toward drugs. Concern about drug abuse has risen and fallen at different periods in our history. At various times, different drugs have been looked on as menaces to personal health and social well-being. Alcohol was banned in the United States for a 13-year period from 1920 ...