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Between 1960 and 1980 various administrations attempted to deal with a rising tide of illicit drug use that was unprecedented in U.S. history. This valuable book provides a close look at the politics and bureaucracy of drug control policy during those years, showing how they changed during the presidencies of Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter and how much current federal drug-control policies owe to those earlier efforts. David F. Musto, M.D., and Pamela Korsmeyer base their analysis on a unique collection of 5,000 pages of White House documents from the period, all of which are included on a searchable CD-ROM that accompanies the book. These documents reveal the intense debates that took pla...
Considers. S. 1895, to intensify Federal-state efforts to prevent illegal use, manufacture and sale of drugs, and to develop programs for drug education for youths and rehabilitation for the habitual user. S. 2590, to establish a Commission on Marihuana. S. 2637, to increase number of drugs classified as dangerous and to increase penalties for illegal use of such drugs.