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01/30/2003: "Notable Quotes"
Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1894: "The commission has come to the conclusion that the moderate use of hemp drugs is practically attended by no evil results at all. ... ...moderate use of hemp... appears to cause no appreciable physical injury of any kind,... no injurious effects on the mind... [and] no moral injury whatever." LaGuardia Commission Report, 1944 "Cannabis smoking does not lead directly to mental or physical deterioration... Those who have consumed marijuana for a period of years showed no mental or physical deterioration which may be attributed to the drug." 1968 UK ROYAL COMMISSION, THE WOOTTON REPORT: "Having reviewed all the material available to us we find ourselves in agreement with the conclusion reached by the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission appointed by the Government of India (1893-94) and the New York Mayor's Committee (1944 - LaGuardia)that the long-term consumption of cannabis in moderate doses has no harmful effects"..."the long-asserted dangers of cannabis are exaggerated and that the related law is socially damaging, if not unworkable" Peter Bourne, President Carter's Drug Czar ''We did not view marijuana as a significant health problem--as it was not....Nobody dies from marijuana. Marijuana smoking, in fact, if one wants to be honest, is a source of pleasure and amusement to countless millions of people in America, and it continues to be that way.'' Source: PBS's Frontline: ''Drug Wars,'' October 2000 JON OWEN JONES, MP, July 2023 "Cannabis is a far less harmful drug than almost all the other drugs that you are likely to mention." Source: BBC News (UK Web), July 17, 2023 Related links: Major Studies of Drugs and Drug Policy
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