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The La Guardia Report

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Discussion of marijuana usually starts with the fact that there have been numerous official reports and studies, every one of which has concluded that marijuana poses no great risk to society and should not be criminalized. These Report include The National Academy of Sciences Analysis of Marijuana Policy (1982), The National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse (the Shafer Report) (1973),The La Guardia Report (1944),The Panama Canal Zone Military Investigations (1916-29); and many more others.For instance,There are many conflicting views on how marijuana affects the mind and body. The La Guardia Report however,is full of useful information regarding the affects of marijuana on a person sociologically, medically, psychologically and pharmacologically. This study was conducted in 1944 when Fiorello LaGuardia was the mayor of New York City. Mr.LaGuardia appointed a special committee to make a …show more content…

It also went to show that the use of marijuana didn't lead to morphine, heroin or cocaine addiction. It proved that no effort is made to create a market for those narcotics by stimulating the practice of marijuana smoking.Finally,it showed that the publicity concerning the catastrophic effects of marihuana smoking in the United States is unfounded. In 1972, a Congressionally created commission called the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, whose members were appointed by then-President Richard Nixon, completed one of the most comprehensive reviews ever undertaken regarding marijuana and public policy. Their report, "Marihuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding," proclaimed that "from what is now known about the effects of marihuana, its use at the present level does not constitute a major threat to public health," and recommended Congress and state legislatures decriminalize the use and casual distribution of marijuana for personal

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