Quote Originally Posted by ermitonto
Actually, Nixon set up a commission to research the effects of marijuana and advise him on what path he should take regarding its legal status. The commission gathered much empirical data and concluded that the potential harms are not significant enough to justify the laws against them and that cannabis should therefore be legalized. An angry Nixon threw the report out without ever reading it.
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http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/nixtapshowwh.html

Nixon wanted a "Goddamn strong statement about marijuana ... that just tears the ass out of them." Shafer was never appointed to the federal court. Nixon's private comments about marijuana showed he was the epitome of misinformation and prejudice. He believed marijuana led to hard drugs, despite the evidence to the contrary. He saw marijuana as tied to "radical demonstrators."

He believed that "the Jews," especially "Jewish psychiatrists" were behind advocacy for legalization, asking advisor Bob Haldeman, "What the Christ is the matter with the Jews, Bob?" He made a bizarre distinction between marijuana and alcohol, saying people use marijuana "to get high" while "a person drinks to have fun."

He also saw marijuana as part of the culture war that was destroying the United States, and claimed that Communists were using it as a weapon. "Homosexuality, dope, immorality in general," Nixon fumed. "These are the enemies of strong societies. That's why the Communists and the left-wingers are pushing the stuff, they're trying to destroy us." His approach drug education was just as simplistic: "Enforce the law. You've got to scare them."

I've been tokin for 30 years also and don't have any memory problems....unless I'm really fucked up!