Leniency for youths asked in federal drug debate
Atty Gen. Mitchell urged Congress to distinguish between professional dealers and casual youth users, proposing first-offender leniency for marijuana while tightening laws on production and distribution. He cited a ten-year rise in narcotic arrests and a surge of youth involvement, urging rehabilitation for some offenders.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Congress
Mitchell
Senate
Subcommittee
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Exmple
Morality Debate Over Smoking Grows In Public
A Public Health Service survey shows rising belief that cigarette smoking is morally wrong among both male and female smokers. Male belief rose from 16.4 percent in 1964 to 45 percent in 1966. female belief rose from 13.2 percent to 47.4 percent. Dr Daniel Horn links the view to personal body care and responsibility.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service
Daniel Horn
National Clearing House of Smoking and Health
Ice Age Warning From Pollution Study for Population Check
Washington article reports Professor E F Watt of UC Davis telling Congress that unchecked population growth and air pollution could trigger a new ice age by blocking sunlight. Watt cites past volcanic pollution shaping climate and warns farmland loss and forest disappearance without substitutes. He notes US land shortfall for a 331 million population by 2000 and critiques rising urbanization. The piece also covers smoking habit surveys from 1964 to 1966, with PHS estimates of 50 million adult smokers and trends in quitting.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
E. F. Watt
University of California
Davis
Watt
House
U.S
PHS
Horn
Ingersoll cites FBI breakdown of drug violators
John E. Ingersoll of the Justice Department notes that college students and young people from middle and upper economic classes show a drastic shift in narcotics violations. He cites skilled workers and students as leading groups in an FBI occupational breakdown covering the past six months.
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John E. Ingersoll
Justice Department
Bureau of Narcot
Ics
FBI
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