DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARIHUANA

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SELECT COMMITTEE ON
NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

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CONTENTS

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Introduction.

Monday, March 14, 1977...

Testimony of Peter Bourne, M.D., Director-Designate, Office of

Drug Abuse Policy; accompanied by Peter Bensinger, Administrator,

Drug Enforcement Administration; Vernon Acree, Commis-

sioner, U.S. Customs Service, Treasury Department; Mathea

Falco, Special Assistant and Senior Adviser to the Secretary of

State on Narcotics Matters; Robert L. DuPont, M.D., Director,

National Institute on Drug Abuse; Bertram Brown, M.D., Director,

National Institute of Mental Health; Benjamin Civiletti, Assistant

Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice----

Prepared statement of Vernon Acree, Commissioner of Customs,

U.S. Customs Service...

Foreign laws pertaining to possession of marihuana_

Barristers' Club of San Francisco report on the Sacramento citation-

diversion program - - - -

Medical studies with reference to current State penalties and prac-

tices related to marihuana.........

Testimony of Edward M. Davis, chief, Los Angeles Police Department.

Prepared statement of Edward M. Davis, chief, Los Angeles Police

Department.

Written questions from Congressman Skubitz and the replies re-

ceived....

Testimony of Hon. Richard Gordon Hatcher, mayor of Gary, Ind

Testimony of Joseph L. Turner, chief investigator, Alaska State

Troopers; Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe, professor of psychiatry, Columbia

University; and Dr. Henry Brill, Islip, N. Y.

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Prepared statement of Joseph L. Turner, chief investigator, Alaska

State Troopers--.

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Prepared statement of Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe, professor of psychiatry,

Columbia University..

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Prepared statement of Dr. Henry Brill, Islip, N. Y.

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Tuesday, March 15, 1977---

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Testimony of Hon. Edward I. Koch, U.S Congressman from New

York

214

Prepared statement of Hon. Edward I. Koch, U.S. Congressman from

New York...

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Testimony of Hon. Jacob K. Javits, U.S. Senator from New York.

Prepared statement of Hon. Jacob K. Javits, U.S. Senator from New

York....

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Testimony of Hon. Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, U.S. Congresswoman

from California...

223

Prepared statement of Hon. Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, U.S. Con-

gresswoman from California....

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Federal research poll showing reduction in marihuana use.

Submissions for the record from Senator Jacob K. Javits

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Testimony of Brooksley Elizabeth Landau, American Bar Association

Prepared statement of Brooksley Elizabeth Landau, American Bar

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Association.........

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Testimony of Jerome Hornblass, commissioner, Addiction Services

Agency, New York City..

294

Prepared statement of Jerome Hornblass, commissioner, Addiction

Services Agency, New York City.......

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