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Decriminalizing The Marijuana User: A Drafter's Guide, Richard J. Bonnie Oct 1977

Decriminalizing The Marijuana User: A Drafter's Guide, Richard J. Bonnie

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The article does not discuss the arguments in favor of decriminalization, a matter which the author' and others have covered elsewhere. Nor does the article consider the even more difficult questions involved in a legislative decision to legalize the drug and authorize its distribution for nonmedical uses. International obligations, federal law, and current political realities preclude enactment of a regulatory approach toward the availability of marijuana, including any variant of the so-called alcohol model. Although a state conceivably could repeal its laws against cultivation and distribution of marijuana, including only the federal prohibitions in effect, such an overt departure from …


The Ursinus Weekly, April 28, 1977, Ann Weibezahl, Cindy Shelmire, David Clift, Stephen M. Lange, Linda Bell, Thomas J. Glorioso, Jonathan Zap, Barbara Ann Vincent, Joel Meyer, Andrew Schwartz, Nancy Wardell, Benjamin Shapiro, Christopher Duvally, Casey Wagner, Gilder Anne Lewis Apr 1977

The Ursinus Weekly, April 28, 1977, Ann Weibezahl, Cindy Shelmire, David Clift, Stephen M. Lange, Linda Bell, Thomas J. Glorioso, Jonathan Zap, Barbara Ann Vincent, Joel Meyer, Andrew Schwartz, Nancy Wardell, Benjamin Shapiro, Christopher Duvally, Casey Wagner, Gilder Anne Lewis

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Ursinus news in brief: Mattress team takes second; Chemistry delegates tapped; Cub & Key chooses officers; Classes elect officers; Economics Club elects officers; Library announces new hours; Pre-legal Society elections held • SFARC discusses Weekly • Meal popularity surveyed • GRE revised • Food service names liaison • Comment: After orientation, what then? • Curriculum review urged • Letters to the editor • Musical gobs • Perfection personified • Movie attack: Airport 77 • Band holds concert • Presidential memo • Weekly special: Fidel interested in assassination probe • Songfest '77 • Faculty promotions announced • More on food • …


The Wooster Voice (Wooster, Oh), 1977-02-25, Wooster Voice Editors Feb 1977

The Wooster Voice (Wooster, Oh), 1977-02-25, Wooster Voice Editors

The Voice: 1971-1980

Article subjects include newly elected SGA and Campus Council officers, the Renaissance fair hosted by the English Department, musicians visiting campus and Wooster (Philip Keaggy and Bruce Springsteen), and student loans. Also, there are articles about such controversial topics as marijuana use, the conviction of Larry Flynt (Hustler magazine publisher) for pornography, the FPC identifying oil and gas companies hoarding oil, and dating issues on campus.


Deportation Of Aliens For Convictions Based Upon Possession Of Marijuana, Alan Lee Jan 1977

Deportation Of Aliens For Convictions Based Upon Possession Of Marijuana, Alan Lee

Cleveland State Law Review

The recent advent of decriminalization for adjudications based upon possession of small amounts of marijuana has focused much attention upon the harsh immigration consequences of such adjudications for the permanent resident alien. Under section 241(a)(11) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), an alien convicted of possession of marijuana is deportable, and only limited means of relief are available. Due to its severity, however, the section has not been viewed with favor by the courts or the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the result in recent years has been the increased use of a number of ploys either to evade …