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DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARIHUANA
HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS ABUSE AND CONTROL
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402
CONTENTS
Page
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--.
126
Prepared statement of Dr. Jerome H. Jaffe, professor of psychiatry,
Columbia University..
190
Prepared statement of Dr. Henry Brill, Islip, N. Y.
196
Tuesday, March 15, 1977---
213
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...
216
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....
218
221
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....
226
Federal research poll showing reduction in marihuana use.
Submissions for the record from Senator Jacob K. Javits
230
236
Testimony of Brooksley Elizabeth Landau, American Bar Association
Prepared statement of Brooksley Elizabeth Landau, American Bar
291
Association.........
293
Testimony of Jerome Hornblass, commissioner, Addiction Services
Agency, New York City..
294
Prepared statement of Jerome Hornblass, commissioner, Addiction
Services Agency, New York City.......
298