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oxicated by liquor, a crime may be committed because moral restraint
is not functioning; under the spell of marihuana, the crime must be
committed because it is the right thing to do, and it would be wrong not to
do it....
A remarkable difference between opium derivatives and marijuana lies in
the strange fact that while under the influence of marihuana the addict is
frenzied and may do anything; it is only when he is deprived of his drug that
the morphinist or the heroinist becomes frenzied and commits crimes.
Marihuana, while giving the hallucinations of cocaine, adds delusions of
impending physical attack by one's best friend or close relatives. In
addition, marihuana is intrinsically and inherently crime exciting. It has led
to some of the most revolting cases of sadistic rape and murder of modern
times...1]
This is the issue in its purest form. Although few participants of the debate would
accept this version literally, some do accept its basic premise—that marijuana is
inherently criminogenic. Thus, the question of marijuana's impact on crime needs
exploration.
Doctors, Policemen, and Sociologists
The position that marijuana causes crime and violence does not have full support today.
In fact, only the police and some segments of the public are solidly behind the contention
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that marijuana actually causes crime2] and violence. The official stance of federal,3]
state, and most local law enforcement agents is that marijuana, at the very least, plays a
significant role in the commission of crimes of violence. "Marihuana is not only an
extremely dangerous drug, it is a menace to public health, safety and welfare" said the ex-
Commissioner of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Henry L. Giordano.4]
"Every user is a potential danger to the general public," Director of the New York State
Bureau of Narcotic Control, and Executive Secretary of the International Narcotic
Enforcement Officer's Association, John J. Bellizzi, is quoted as saying,5] referring to a
federally sponsored study to be discussed shortly. The Los Angeles Police Department, in
conjunction with the Narcotic Education Foundation of America, has written, assembled,
printed, and distributed a pamphlet entitled "Facts about Marijuana," which asserts the
criminogenic power of cannabis.
There seems little doubt that probably a majority of all law enforcement officers believe
that marijuana is instrumental in the precipitation of criminal behavior. There are, of
course, exceptions. Thorvald T. Brown, for instance, in a textbook on drugs for policemen
wrote:
... there is no more criminality in a tin of marijuana than there is in a fifth of
whiskey, gin or vodka.
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common in newspaper stories, are rather rare in official police files. Crimes
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