... , stating that possession of up to one ounce of marijuana be decriminalized. The National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse was created by Nixon, and headed by a former Republican governor, Raymond Shafer. In 1982, a panel appointed by the National Academy of Sciences reached the same conclusion as the Shafer Commission. (Braucht, 103). The years between 1973 and 1978 held a change in ... ...

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