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288 Doris Marie Provine, Unequal Under Law; Race in the War on Drugs (the University of
Chicago Press 2007), s 84.
289 Opprinnelig i Howard S. Becker, "Marijuana: A Sociological Overview," in Solomon, The
Marijuana Papers, p. 62. Eksemplet er imidlertid hentet fra Edward M. Brecher med flere,
The Consumers Union Report - Licit and Illicit Drugs, kapittel 56
290 To episoder her er betegnende: Anslinger viste frem bilder av drap under lovhøringene
som han hevdet var blitt begått i marijuana rus, og i den forbindelse trodde en ignorant
senator at bildene Anslinger viste frem av en ihjelslått sort mann, hadde noe med en
hudsyksom som skyldtes rusmiddelet å gjøre (som han spurte Anslinger: ”Was there in this
case a blood or skin disease caused by marihuana?”). En annen betegnende episode skjedde
før man skulle stemme over lovforslaget i kongressen: ”I do not know anything about the
bill,” sa en representant som klaget over at det var alt for sent på dagen å ta opp så
omfattende lovgivning. En annen kongressrepresentant svarte:”It has something to do with
something that is called marihuana, I believe it is a narcotic of some kind.” Jacob Sullum,
Saying Yes; In Defence of Drug Use (Tarcher/Penguin Books 2004) s 204.
291 I tillegg til dette, beskrev han problembildet til marijuana slik:
“I see people will fly into delirious rage, and they may commit violent crimes.”
“It is dangerous to the mind and body, and particularly dangerous to the criminal type,
because it releases all of the inhibitions.” (Jack Herer, the Emperor Wears No Clothes (AH HA
Publishing 1998), s 185.)
“In Florida some years ago we had a case of a 20 year-old boy who killed his brothers, a
sister and his parents while under the influence of marihuana. Recently, in Ohio, there was a
gang of very young men, all under 20 years of age, every one of whom confessed that they
had committed some 38 holdups while under the influence of the drug. In another place in
Ohio a young man shot the hotel clerk while trying to hold him up. His defense was that he
was under the influence of marihuana.” Jack Herer, the Emperor Wears No Clothes (AH HA
Publishing 1998), s 190
292 Ibid s 190-191
293 Narkotikalovgivningen var helt fra starten av preget av andre motiver enn de uttalte:
“*S+tudies have emphasized that law enforcement bureaucrats have been a major source of
demand for the criminalization of narcotics. After the Harrison Act of 1914, these same
groups lobbied for passage of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 and played an important role
in the subsequent criminalization of this illicit drug.
Breton and Wintrobe explained that one bureaucratic strategy to compete for
resources is to ‘generate’ demand for a bureau’s own services through direct lobbying,
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