Reviewed The Marijuana Papers: A comprehensive reference work of the essential classic and contemporary documents on marijuana. Edited by David Solomon. New York: The Bobs-Merrell Company. 448 pp. $10.00.
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Marijuana Bill Trips Michigan Senate
by Ben Habeebe
Fifth Estate # 27, April 1-15, 1967
State Senator Roger Craig (D-Dearborn) has introduced a bill in the Michigan Senate that would exempt marijuana from the application of the general narcotics act.
Marijuana is Good Medicine
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 99, February 19-March 4, 1970
WASHINGTON (LNS)—Marijuana may well be very good medicine for victims of tetanus, migraine, high blood pressure, and sunstroke, according to long-secret medical research just made public. Encouraging studies, done ten years ago at the Army chemical warfare laboratory at the …
LEMAR Meeting Sparks Marijuana Campaign
by Joe Mulkey
Fifth Estate # 22, January 15-30, 1967
LEMAR’s second meeting happened Jan. 4th at the Artist’s Workshop and I mean IT REALLY HAPPENED, over fifty people showed up. The place was full of happy, alive, enthusiastic human beings. It was just downright out-of-sight. We’re getting together—here’s what …
Sinclair Talks Marijuana in R.O.
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 26, March 15-31, 1967
Editor’s note: Detroit poet John Sinclair talked about marijuana at Royal Oak’s Kimball High School, and Royal Oak hasn’t quite gotten over it yet. Below is a story reprinted from that city’s newspaper, the Royal Oak Tribune:
LEMAR Puff-In Soon
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 28, April 15-30, 1967
Detroit LEMAR will organize and sponsor a May Day Smoke-In to take place in Grand Circus Park on May 1 at 12 noon. The Smoke-In will be held to demonstrate the strength of those who would have the archaic Michigan …
Will Marijuana Save World Capitalism?
by E.B. Maple (Peter Werbe)
Fifth Estate # 342, Summer 1993
a review of The Emperor Wears No Clothes: The Authoritative Historical Record of the Cannabis Plant, Marijuana Prohibition, & How Hemp Can Still Save the World, Jack Herer, HEMP/Queen of Clubs Publishing, 200 pp., Van Nuys CA, 1992 edition, $14.95
Crime Man
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 34, July 15-31, 1967
Somewhere in Washington D.C. there resides a President’s Crime Commission, and on this Commission there is a man called Dr. Richard H. Blum. Dr. Blum is one of six doctors reporting on narcotics and drug abuse in the United States. …
Docs for Dope
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 76, April 3-16, 1969
The New Physician, a national medical journal with a monthly circulation of over 60,000 physicians and medical students, has become the first major national medical journal to speak out in favor of the legalization of marijuana. An editorial in the …
LBJ Signs Anti-pot Treaty
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 35, August 1-15, 1967
The movement to re-legalize marijuana was dealt a severe blow several weeks ago according to an article in the Village Voice of June 22, 1967. On May 25 President Johnson, a reputed speed freak, signed a treaty known as the …
Lawyers for LEMAR?
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 34, July 15-31, 1967
A number of Detroit lawyers have indicated to Detroit LEMAR (Legalize Marijuana) that they would be interested in setting up a legal aid service for busted marijuana users if a general fund could be set up which would insure a …
Pot Group Launches Crusade
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 21, January 1-15, 1967
The first meeting of the Detroit Chapter of Lemar (Legalize Marijuana) met at the Artist’s Workshop Dec. 19th, and had a good turn out in spite of a heavy snow. The purpose of the group is to: 1. Disseminate information …
Dope study-junk!
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 59, August 1-14, 1968
Reprinted from the San Francisco Express-Times San Francisco—The American Medical Association’s report on the dangers of marijuana poses the issue in the lingo of narcotics police, not in scientific or humanitarian language, according to Dr. Joel Fort.
Legal Dope Soon, says ad-man
by anon.
Fifth Estate # 36, August 15-31, 1967
Marijuana will become legal in the U.S. within one year, predicts the first issue of the Chicago Mirror, an underground satire magazine slated for publication this month. According to the author of the article, whose source is an art director …
New Laws may Reform Michigan Dope Statutes
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 100, March 5-18, 1970
The laws regarding the use of marijuana may become significantly less stringent if several bills before the Michigan State House of Representatives are enacted into law. A series of bills introduced by Rep. Dale Warner, Eaton Rapids Republican, would reclassify …
Raid Victims Bound Over For Trial
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 27, April 1-15, 1967
All those charged by police in the January 4th “Great Reefer Raid” have by now been arraigned and examined and, with one exception, bound over for trial in Detroit Recorder’s Court. The exception is Magdelene Sinclair, charged with possession of …
No Dope?
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 83, July 10-23, 1969
The fact that there is a grass famine in Detroit is not news to local smokers. It appears, however, that the phenomenon is nation wide with reports received of similar situations in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco.
Sinclair
by Mike Tyre
Fifth Estate # 53, May 1-15, 1968
Marijuana—a harmful and dangerous drug. This is the title of a paper by Joseph E. Maher, Recorders Court Judge, which states the ruling of a three judge panel on the constitutionality of Michigan’s marijuana laws. The decision stems from a …
The Great Reefer Raid
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 24, February 15-28, 1967
On Tuesday night the 24th of January 56 Detroit citizens were arrested and held at least overnight in the City Jail. Most of these arrests—43—were entirely illegal and unconstitutional, and there is considerable doubt as to the legality of the …
Leary Guilty
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 100, March 5-18, 1970
SANTA ANA, Cal., Feb. 20—Dr. Tim Leary, his wife and son were found guilty here on charges of possession of marijuana and LSD. Superior Court Judge Byron Mcmillian set sentencing for March 13. Leary and his wife remained free on …