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pains to assess the true state of facts in cases involving
marijuana and other drugs_ since the body of medical, scientific,
psychological, and sociological knowledge was growing rapidly.
See ___q_ bg__/t____UrL_Jlg_h____J199_g _gUP_r__; __D_@IL__V. Uni_______
_p_ra; H______u_Z_rnas, m_ra; P__lg____Zm_Cab__, supra; Pm_emle_
_jdnclair, _/P_r__; HEat9 voCarus, HI/P-_; Ha]_ v_Stat_, _llP]_%;
Nation____a_tiQrt_ffQ____Jlg__QrdZ__QLM _ _ v Drllg
_i__Q__G_A_at_ 559 Fo2d 735, 748 (DoC. Cir. 1977)o
Unfortunately, despite these early efforts, in the recent
past, there have been no affirmative comparisons made between the
harmful effects of alcohol and tobacco (_'legal drugs _) and the
harmful effects of marijuana° As a result of the irrationality
of this classification system as it relates to marijuana,
sentencing guidelines and mandatory minimum sentences have been
promulagated which are unconstitutional in that the punishment
far exceeds the harm. A recent article in T_he nt' -
magazine noted that
Although the misuse of over-the._counter
medications such as aspirin, acetaminophen,
and antihistamines each year kills hundred of
Americans, not a single death has ever been
credibly attributed directly to smoking or
consuming marijuana in the 5_000 years of the
plant's recorded use° Marijuana is one of
the few therapeutically active substances
known to man for which there is no well-
defined fatal dose. /____]l_ee_L__S_ti_l_te_
__Dat ___D_would___have to __ZLQ_Lg_lhz/idrej
_ounds o_ m _ - ° ° fifteen
(Emphasis added) o 3
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Schlosser, Eric, _Reefer Madness_ '_ . • °
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Augusta 1994 at 48. A copy of the full article is attached
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