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Resor who indicated recently that defense officials were focusing greater attention on this problem.
“The danger of the use of marijuana is creating a dependency on the drug and, secondly, is the first step toward possible addiction to what are called ‘hard’ narcotics.
“It is necessary to take a new look at the question of illicit use of, and traffic in, drugs, and the answer is not to be found simply in passing more laws. Greater emphasis should be placed on education and rehabilitation, with stricter enforcement of narcotics laws on people who peddle drugs and are referred to as ‘pushers’. These are the people who should be prosecuted vigorously and punished.
“There is a relationship between the spiraling crime rate and the use of drugs. In fact, the growing rate of theft, larcency and armed robbery is often tied in to drug addiction, in that an addict, to support his habit, will engage in crime as a source of income, inasmuch as it may cost him as much as $100 a day to buy drugs. This may mean stealing $500 in goods, which, when sold to a middleman, usually called the ‘fence’, will net the criminal about $100.”
Marsh called for a broad, cooperative attack on this problem, coordinating not only all levels of government, but schools, churches, civic clubs and parents td help find answers to a growing American dilemma.
Marsh called for a broad, cooperative attack on the problem, coordinating not only all levels of government, but schools, churches, civic clubs and parents to help find answers to a growing American dilemma.
“Young people need our help — not our condemnation on this problem,” he said. H- ''
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