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NCJ Number: NCJ 036605  
Title: POT LUCK IN TEXAS - CHANGING A MARIJUANA LAW
Author(s): P DANACEAU
Corporate Author: Drug Abuse Council, Inc
United States
Sale: Drug Abuse Council, Inc
1828 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
United States
Publication Date: 1974
Pages: 70
Type: Histories/historical perspectives
Origin: United States
Language: English
Publication No.: 55-4
Annotation: THIS REPORT TAKES THE READER ON A BLOW-BY-BLOW TOUR OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURES AS THEY CONSIDERED VARIOUS REFORM MEASURES TO THE 1955 MARIJUANA POSSESSION LAW WHICH CARRIED A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
Abstract: POSSESSION OF LESS THAN FOUR OUNCES WAS FINALLY REDUCED TO A MISDEMEANOR IN 1973.
Index Term(s): Marijuana ; Misdemeanor ; Legislation ; State laws ; Life sentences ; Texas
 
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