The Report of the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse
Marihuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding
Commissioned by President Richard M. Nixon, March, 1972
addendum
Ancillary Recommendations
These recommendations are presented in three categories: (1) legal and law enforcement,
(2) medical, and (3) other. Some of these recommendations apply to other drugs as well and
will be discussed further in our second Report. However, we consider it useful to make
recommendations now so that policy planners can be informed of the implications of what
has been studied to date.
Foremost among the Commission's conclusions is a need for consistency between federal
and state laws affecting marihuana distribution and use, and uniformity of marihuana laws
among the states. The administration of all marihuana laws must be mutually
reinforcing so
that total governmental response to marihuana is both equitable and understandable.
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