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The “Marihuana Muddle” as Reflected in California Arrest Statistics and Dispositions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 July 2024
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The “marihuana problem” has rapidly degenerated into the “marihuana muddle.” As the use of marihuana increases, and as this use expands into the middle and upper classes, officials are increasingly confronted with questions concerning the effects and dangers of marihuana. Unfortunately, the answers that can be given are limited. We really do not know very much about marihuana. Perhaps the most decisive point that can be made is that the possession and sale of marihuana are against the law.
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- Copyright © 1970 The Law and Society Association.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: The authors wish to express appreciation to their colleague Ray Schmitt, to Chuck Bridges, Hugh Penn, Elmer Hauge, and Ira Greenstein of the California Bureau of Criminal Statistics and to the graduate students at Illinois State University who read an early draft of this paper and offered helpful suggestions. This is a revision of a paper read at the 1969 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, September 4 in San Francisco.
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