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subsequent offenses.
Prior
to this, certain federal judges had demonstrated a marked disinclination to send these viola‘ tors to jail, with the result that ' the 'underworld was concentra'''fmg'Hfc; narcotics wholesaling within the'^tEksfeions of these lenient judges indrtlftning little risk of sci.ous tntenerence.
By 1954, it has become apparent rthat even stronger deterrents were accessary. The rise in drug addiction among juveniles had continued. The legal drug traffic was so; profitable that peddlers were willing to risk the prescribed , jaw sentences.
bated! with more disturbing statistics than those of three years before, bur committee drew up a new scale of penalties. iHouse and Senate (approved, and the Presiuent sighed it imo law. Illicit narcotics dealers ijecame subject to
uuuidatvjry jail sentences, with probation banned, of 5 to 10 years on first offense and 10 to 40 years on a subsequent offense. In addition, the prison term for a first offense and 10 to 40 years on a subsequent offense. In addition, the prison term for a first offense
of selling to a person under 18 was fixed atjlU to 40 years. Mere illegal possession of narcotics became punishablle by a mandatory jail
tefrm of [2 to 10 years on first offense, 5 to 20 yfcars on second offense
and 10 to 40 yars on third oi? subsequent offense, with no probation permitted, except on first offense. |
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