Friday, October 31, 1975
University Daily Kansan
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Marijuana
From page one
that it is directly or indirectly related to criminal behavior.
He said the best evidence he had answered "no" to both contentions.
Rep. David Milkens, D-Kansas City, Kan.
Knocked Mollin what he considered to be a
manipulation.
Modlin said a small amount was four marijuana cigarettes a weekend or possession of one gram of marijuana, from which 10 cigarettes could be made.
Walzsak said that marjana caused a "dream state" and increased appetite.
"That can be witnessed in any hamburger stand on any Friday or Saturday, 'he said."
Walaszek said he favored decriminalization because of the time and expense it took to prosecute offenders. Decriminalization, he said, also would keep many young people from being charged with felonies.
"The solution is some kind of decriminalization under strict guidelines by the UN."
Though Wallasek agreed with Modin that there were no proved harmful physical effects from smoking marijuana, he said that there were no benefits either.
Rep. Patrick J. Hurie, D-Leaweorth, said whether marijuana was addictive, and whether it didn't develop physiological dependence on it. But he said that habituation could occur if a person enjoyed smoking it frequently. The 14 members of the committee have also reported that they compare the effects of alcohol, tobacco and coffee with the effects of marijuana.
Albott said studies on the effects of marijuana weren't conclusive. He said, however, that there was evidence its use enabled one to resist distractions.
A form of marjuanja was prescribed as a sedative until 1932. Walsasken said, but alcohol, tobacco, and coffee haven't been prescribed sedatives. He added that neither lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) nor heroin had been used as medication.
Berkwitz said that as many as 10,000 people may smoke marijuana in Douglas County, so present laws were difficult to enforce.
Berkwitz said that since he took office Dec. 15, 1972, he had prosecuted about 250 drug cases, half of them for possession of marijuana.
He said that much time and manpower was spent trying to enforce the law. When a person is charged with possession of marijuana, he said, one or two officers must
make the arrest, book the suspect, and appear in court at least once. The prosecuting attorney and judge, he said, also must be paid for their time.
An officer must take the confiscated material to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) office in Topeka for analysis, he said.
The KBI chemist spends time in both the laboratory and the court room, he said.
"Many many people who use marijuana look on the police as enemies rather than frighteners."
One person in Douglas County, reported a burglary and was arrested for possession of stolen property.
Borwitz also said that present laws give people an opportunity to avoid the couldn’t be avoided illegal drugs.
Hazlett said marjana penalty
has been between nothing and a
lift.
Although he had no solution, he said the present laws weren't the best way to apply them.
Cocconan agreed and said that constitutional rights were also part of the government.
Concord cited the cases of Raven vs. Alaska, in which the Alaska Supreme Court unanimously decided that there was a fundamental right of privacy that protected people from criminal prosecution if their activities at home didn't harm society.
He said that six states—Ohio, Alaska,
Maine, Colorado, California and Oregon—had revamped their laws. In all six states,
he said, the possession of marijuana is a misdemeanor. In Maine, the maximum fine is $200, he said, in the other five it is $100.
The issue, Concannon said, wasn't whether the drug was dangerous, but whether the imposition of criminal law appropriate legal response to the problem.
*If criminal sanctions are intended as a deterrent they have worked ineffectively.*
Rep. Michael G. Gloyer, D-Lawrence, was generally pleased with the bearings.
Although he isn't a member of the com-
munity, he sponsored a bill in 1973 to
alzize marijuana.
"Except for a couple of legislators who were rather reactionary, I think they asked interested and intelligent questions," he said.
"We've got to make them feel for this issue, and once they do, they'll come and talk."
Crash liability . . .
From page one
The Kansas Legislature, in anticipation of a supreme court decision declaring the governmental immunity statute unconstitutional, has already started interim committee hearings to design a tort claims statute.
A tort claim is a claim by an individual or group that an injury has been done to one's person or reputation independent of a legal contract.
Clark said the purpose of a tort claims law would be to define what would be considered governmental functions by the state and would be considered proprietary functions.
He said there was little doubt that the sponsorship of a football team would be considered as proprietary function of the program. All the programs are designed to make a profit.
Martin said there were several other cases in the state that had been postponed until the supreme court decided the case. But it wasn't clear, however, that the decision wouldn't affirm or deny a verdict in a previous trial since there hadn't been any cases involving governmental immunity that tried since the case has issued the state immunity statute in 1970.
Clark said he didn't think there would be a flood of cases naming the state as a defendant. In other states where immunity had been eliminated, he said, there hadn't been a flood of cases and he saw no reason why there would be in Kansas.
so your girlfriend dumped on you
your best friend got the jump on you
you haven't got a single else.
It's clear
the time has come to have another beer
I've got tonight you had a date
you've been up on drink number eight
It's midnight and you can't relate
I fear
It's time to have another glass of cheer
Yes, let's all have another mug of beer
There's nothing else to do while you're down here
The guitar player's singing in low
There is nowhere else for you to go
It's time to have another
Go buy one for your brother
For me there is no other glass of cheer
It's time we had another round of beers.
"The Beginning of a New Decade"
the Stables and the Sanctuary enter their 11th year.
to celebrate this Anniversary on Nov. 4, the house will buy rounds periodically throughout the day.
along with this, the Sanctuary maintains its 4-7 Happy Hour (their large drink for the price of a small) and the Stables maintain its $1.00 pitchers from 12-6.
"The Entertainment Mecca of Lawrence"
the Stables 1401 W.7th
the Sanctuar 1401 W.7th
Sell it through Kansan want ads.
To: K.U. Students and Lawrence Taco Grandes
From: K-State Students and Manhattan Taco Grande
We accept the 1,000 Taco bet with relish (make that Hot Sauce). The Perfect Purple should have no trouble winning over your so called Football Team. Have you ever seen what a Wildcat does to a Kansas Chicken (Jayhawk). There won't be anything left but those ugly yellow feathers. Say, by the way does that yellow have some significance or does it stand for what we think it does.
The students of the winning school, upon showing your student I.D. will receive two Tacos free until 1,000 are given away.K.U.wins Free Tacos at Lawrence Taco Grandes. K-State wins Free Tacos at Manhattan Taco Grande.