Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 20, 1974
December 19, 1974
December 21, 1974
Transcript:
Voice from television: As part of NBC's continuing coverage of the marijuana crisis, today we interview Dr. R.G. Tulane, who recently linked the usage of marijuana to brain damage! Doctor, we understand that heavy exposure to marijuana has caused some insidious effects in your rhesus monkeys! Doctor: That is correct... my monkeys were given a controlled daily dosage after only two weeks, intensive interviews were conducted with each of them. Voice: And? Doctor: They were all totally incoherent. Zonker: Uh-oh...
Nyckname almost 6 years ago
In 1972, Richard Nixon quashed a report by the Shafer Commission, which he had commissioned, that recommended marijuana be decriminalized.
childe_of_pan about 5 years ago
According to Nixon, literally tons of pot were being smuggled into the US from Mexico in flashlights and lipstick tubes. How many tubes would be needed to move an amount of pot that would be worth the effort and risk?
Border guard: “Anything to declare?”
Would-be smuggler: “Just these 3 thousand lipstick tubes, and we had them when we entered Mexico.”