The Playboy Forum
October, 1976
Pot and PoliticsAlthough Jimmy Carter and eight earlier Democratic Presidential hopefuls have endorsed marijuana decriminalization, the Democratic Platform Committee, under the guidance of the Carter forces, has elected to avoid mentioning the issue altogether in the party's platform. A proposed amendment supporting the concept that "millions of Americans who smoke marijuana should not be subject to arrest or jail for that act" was quickly defeated by a voice vote. No one spoke against...
