Students Voice Varied Opinions on Marijuana Use
Editor's Note: This article is second in a series on the use of marijuana at KU.
Five Kansas University students were selected at random in the Kansas Union for sample opinions about marijuana. Each student was asked first whether they knew of its presence at KU; and second, what they felt the proper action of a university administration should be in dealing with students,who smoke it.
. . . Peggy Smith
Mike Miller, Wichita sophomore: "I have heard that marijuana is on campus. If I were running the administration, I'd leave students who smoke it alone. I think the federal law regarding its possession is a bad law. Marijuana is cheaper and healthier than alcohol. Ginnsberg said it right; 'Pot is a reality kick.'"
.. KU woman, a senior from out-of-state: "I would guess that up to ten per cent of the student
Akron Blaze Kills Woman; Two Missing
AKRON, Ohio —(UPI)— An elderly woman was killed and two firemen were missing and presumed dead today as a $500,000 fire raced through a business and residential block on the city's east side.
Fire Chief Robert Cornice said there "could be more victims in the ruins. It was impossible to tell if everybody was accounted for."
KILLED IN the pre-dawn blaze was Margaret Barb, 76. She died trying to escape the fire. Her body was found in the hallway.
Missing in the wreckage of the building were two firemen, L. A. Labbe and John J. Nist. They disappeared after going into the burning building a second time to look for victims.
About 60 elderly patients at a nursing home across the street were evacuated as a precautionary measure, but the fire was brought under control before it could spread to the building.
THE BLAZE raced out of control for several hours in the brick complex, which included two furniture stores, a restaurant, clothing store, a hardware store and several apartments. Cornice said it apparently started in one of the furniture stores.
About 15 persons were led to safety, many of them still in their nightclothes and clutching what few possessions they could carry with them.
Only one of the survivors, a 64-year-old man, was treated for smoke inhalation. He was released after treatment at Akron city hospital.
L. H. NOBLE, one of the survivors, said he met the two firemen halfway down the stairs leading to the street. He told them there was a woman in an apartment across the hall from his and they went upstairs to try to save her. She came down alone but the firemen did not emerge.
body has had some experience with pot. Whether it reflects some kind of social or psychological sickness depends on the person. It's like sitting down and drinking a beer to some people. It doesn't have any bad effect on them. I once smoked two cuts of pot and it didn't have much effect.
"THE GIRL I was with really got high though. What should the administration do? Not a thing. Please don't use my name."
Don Olson, Lawrence sophomore: "I suspect that it is being used. I knew of one student who smoked it, but he recently withdrew from school.
"Smoking pot is a civil offense; it is not indicative of a student's academic ability. It should not be the function of the administration to police students' personal habits."
Richard Ladesich, Merriam junior: "I think there exists a statistical probability in any American sub-society of 13,000 that marijuana will be present. It probably exists in a wild state within a five-mile radius of campus. I know that in the past there have been problems of its use on campus.
"I THINK marijuana is as much an illness as alcoholism. Students
those who openly solicit the sales of the drug. The use of marijuana has a dual base-one social and one personal," Ladesich said.
... Don Olson
who are users in a university should be treated as being ill, rather than having participated in an overt criminal action. They should be allowed to remain as students, with the exception of
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"In the social instance, the University has the obligation to address itself to the causes of the problem and doing their best to alleviate these conditions on a personal level. The University should promote and make available the necessary means to solve these problems, but mind you I say promote and not demand. This has to be a personal
decision on the part of the student.
"I would caution the administration not to go flying off on a tangent with any sudden realization that they now have a problem. The solution must be well thought out, well planned, well executed," he said.
out marijuana, therefore, would accomplish very little.
"I don't think the administration has an obligation to enforce morals on its students. The administration should dismiss a student only if he is flunking his courses."
Peggy Smith, Garden City senior: "I've heard that marijuana is around. I think the people who use it don't have problems because of it; they use it because they have problems. To stamp
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