Giving Ground On Grass
October, 1975
During the past few years, almost every state has substantially reduced penalties for simple marijuana, possession. This year, Alaska, California, Colorado and Maine have joined Oregon in eliminating jail sentences altogether, and the District of Columbia and Ohio may soon pass similar reforms. Federal decriminalization bills are now before Congress and advocates of drug-law reform predict that a dozen or more states will have abandoned the handcuffs-and-jail approach to pot smoking before the 1...
