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Soldier Son Steinbeck Talks Marijuana Use in Vietnam
John Steinbeck IV, son of the Nobel laureate, says 15 to 25 percent of U S soldiers in Vietnam smoke marijuana. He notes drug use did not seriously impair fighting ability but eased combat horrors. Pentagon and Army officials cite varying figures from 50 to 503 narcotics cases in 1966–67 as troop totals rose. Steinbeck, discharged December 7, wrote the piece for The Washingtonian while with AFRTN. He was once charged with illegal possession but acquitted. Also in Memphis a dog bite tally reports 24 dog bites and one cat bite in 1967.
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