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Canadian In Alberta Represented At Provincial Cultural Confab
and rece were — Dr. Henry Shimizu man Rights. Among The recom- i French)
ices throughout support. Alberta
in the hunianitie
and Mrs.
Michi Miyagishima mendations:
the educational vs tern wherever
Development of competent ethfrom Edmonton; Mr. Tom Mitsu­
A broad effort by the province a demonstrable demand exists.
Full recognition and accredi- nic teachers by teacher education
naga and Mr. Kyoto Shigehiro to develop an atmosphere that
from Lethbridge.
Dr. Gordon will encourage the preservation ' lion for the study of non- olficiof land
Donation of 65
Hirabayashi of Edmonton was a of many cultural communities in j al languages on an absolute pat
culin the Red Deer area for
I with the official one
discussion leader in one of the Alberta.
non- tural heritage park.
for
groups on Education and LangMore encouragement of folk I Financial support
A government feasability stu­
parochial
guage.
profit. private or
dancing schools and folk
During the three days of dis­ shops, cultural exchange
schools specifically devoted to dy of the two proposed cultural
tv rmth of fellowship gen230 particip- cussions, many proposals and re­ rams, food fairs, and cultural instruction in non-official langua- centres for Edmonton and Cal­
ersted anions the
gary and planning for other inthan 50 ethno-cult- commendations were presented libraries.
of
more
RI*1*
A provincial equivalent of the
in the areas of Education, the
Expanded teaching of non-offi,1 croups.
Canada
Council to encourage and
(Cont. on Page 8)
and
Japanese in attendan Arts, Communications, and Hu- cial (other than

Alta. — The
Heritage Consponsored by rhe Departit
Culture. Youth, and Reoi
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Provincial Gooi
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held at the Unierta June 16, 17
v oi
most impressive
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detailed organization and

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FRIDAY. JULY 21, 1972

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PART TWO

Current Issues On
Cannabis Legalization

Toronto, Ont.

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Canadian Lightweight Judo Champion
Goki Uemura Nixed For Olympics

Bill McGregor of Toronto, who
TORONTO. — Canadian feat­ real, secretary of the Canadian
was defeated by Uemura in the
herweight judo champion Pat Olympic Association and Cana­
Ontario and Canadian champion­
Bolger of Dutton can represent da’s assistant chef de mission
ships, was selected over Uemura
Canada at next month’s Olympics at the Olympic Games.
Bound had told the Canadian while Al Sakai of Vancouver was
By E. S. YOSHIDA
— provided he gives up his spot
CO A
chosen over
When I hear drug users, in defence of drugs, say teenagers on the wrestling team — but Ca­ Kodokan Black Belt Association earlier said it would not approve
should be allowed to use them because it is then- own hK they nadian lightweight champion Go­ to reconsider its selection of the
Sakai “on the ground that his
are messing up — no one else’s — this is not true. When you
ki Uemura of Toronto will not be judo team after Bolger and Ue­ experience and record do not in­
love the member of your family as we all did, and see th®
mura were left off despite win­
in attitude and personality before you, there aie n
? _ on the team.
dicate a sufficient degree of achi­
describe the agony the rest, of the family goes through and how
That was the last word rec­ ning their events at the Canadian evement.”
it does disrupt normal family life.
ently from Dick Pound of Mont- championship in Halifax.
Our younger daughter was a brilliant student and exce e
Pound said the CKBBA, in rein snorts and had many friends who were always A'e^ome,u
felt
considering
the selections,
:
homa. She was very close to her brother as they shared many
that Bolger could compete if he
common interests and friends.
gave up his spot on the wrestAbout 3 years ago, after seeing T. T. programs, on dnv
staring
straight
ahead.
LOD, Israel — Japanese radi­
(mind expansion), mostly pro, like Timothy O Leaiy

ling team. “They (thc CKBBA)
When the death penalty was felt Bolger would not be at his
me if she could try LSD. I said I couldn’t give my Pein SS1°J cal, Kozo Okamoto was senten­
because there are too many unknowns as far as I could e
,
ced to life imprisonment on July ruled out, Okamoto appeared to best if he entered both wrestling
since she was only fourteen I couldn’t stand the ¥^ea
17th for his part in Lod Inter­ scowl. Before and during the tri­ and judo.
could destroy, her brilliant mind. It was too much of a
national Airport massacre of May al, he repeatedly asked to be a-Against our ■wishes and without our knowledge — s^e.
“As for Uemura, the selection
30. The presiding judge told the lowed to commit suicide or to be
it- I became suspicious when we noticed a great change
committee
members said they be­
attitude and personality and she was frightened t° , ee?Q_
j 24-year-old defendant he had executed.
own room, as a matter of fact, she got so shemouldnt s P . , excommunicated himself from
Both prosecution and defence lieved McGregor was the better
we were concerned for her sanity. She herself beca.me
human society7 by his “horrifying had asked that Okamoto’s life man, despite the loss to Uemura.
that she was losing her mind, so I encouraged hex to
be spared. Mr. Kritzman pleaded: The COA agreed with the CKB­
crime.”
pediatrician at our clinic. Unfortunately, he was of no, ,,P,
BA decision.”
-her and she lost faith in doctors. She gradually dropped ‘
“Don’t make him a martyr/’
The
three-judge
military
7
court
iriends (some loyal friends since kindergarten) and associa
<
clusively with dropouts, marijuana users and, pushers and_ found him guilty of all four char­
can draft dodgers were her exclusive social life now.
a
ges in the airport machine-gun
them were five or six years her senior. Her marks s. PP
. ,
and grenade attack that killed 26
school (but she never failed a grade). She still
in sports but in her own words she couldn’t hack it bee &
persons, including Okamoto’s two
TEL AVIV — When 23-ycar- Japanese to be refused entry sin­
'vasn’t physically fit enough. Relations between ^r and nei acomplices, and wounded 70. He
old Tadashi Nishimura arrived ce the Tel Aviv airport shootings
brother became strained and to make a long story short
<
of here by ship last month at the
was
convicted
in
one
chaige
by three Japanese on May 30.
a horrible child that only a mother could love, and even ioi
an
engaging
in
the
attack
for
port of Haifa with no return ti­
mother it took some doing ...
The Japanese Embassy decli­
Arab guerilla organization, the cket, Israeli immigration autho­
As much as we tried we found no one that could
P- — a minister was no use because she had given up
& Popular Front for the Libera­ rities denied him entry into the ned to protest the incident, say­
m God. If there is information available we weren t able
tion of Palestine.
country, suspecting possible links ing it is only natural for Israel
aiV that was useful to us.
to take such precaution against
Okamoto has 15 days to ap­ with terrorist organizations. Ni­ possible tcroristic acts.
he were beginning to have doubts as to bethel
p
u=1-ng the right approach so we decided to contact the K. b. ^ ■ • peal but his lawyer, Max Kritz­ shimura thus became the first
constable that was working with the schools in the drug

e have never told our daughter about this an^.P^’h^J'® , ,, man, said he, for his part, would
not appeal.
never tell her if there is nothing to be gained from it.
nun some of our friends were advising us to get tough ‘
,
Three of the charges carried
nP,to quit drugs or pack her bags but he said no, smo
pith love.’ We were glad he said that because we never could the death penalty but only one
TEL AVIV — Attorney Hiro­ permits a foreign lawyer to de­
“Hve rested had we put her out.
person—Nazi war criminal Adolf shi Shoji, who was sent by the fend a man accused of genocide
To shorten the story7 the stress and strain and woiij
e,ca Eichmann — has been executed Tokyo Bar Association to act as or being a Nazi or a collaborator
®.,a loh w°rse, off and on and about the only time we g
since Israel became a state in the defence lawyer for Kozo O- with the Nazis, and Okamoto fits
:?lle. relief was when the pusher got busted and there
s
kamoto, the surviving member none of these categories.
^uii available. Several of her close friends got busted ±oi ,po^e 1948.
pion and it was during one of these periods when she
of the group of three hired gun­
: * clear the cobwebs from her mixed-up brain that we started, noUnder Israeli military law, a men who opened fire inside the
; uC-ng a marked improvement in her attitude and she s ai e
life sentence means just that: it Lod airport here a month ago,
5
harmful it had been and how. psychologically dependen
no was refused entry into Israel as
i
had become on marijuana. She realizes that she has 1
,, is served until death, with
provision for parole or time off an “undesirable” late last month.
i
10 concentrate for longer periods of time, she has
j raping at times and has days of depression, but aftei
, , for ffood behavior. The single
Interior Ministry
spokesman
> “ aot tour, five months now we are hopeful that she ha»
s “ ana will not fall prey to it again. She said she gets if oxtered exception would be in the event Yitzhak Agassi blamed the ban
J ^^ucntly on campus but so far has been able to say ‘no thank of a general presidential pardon on Shoji’s "past” which includes
HOLLYWOOD. — Reiko Ha­
i • °u io all the offers.
on the occasion.of a great event,
yakawa,
daughter of Japanese
- .L^^n sHe was home for Thanksgiving weekend I_ asked her
.. such as victory in the 1967 war. a reputation as a sympathizer
with the left movement in Japan. film star Sessup Hayakawa, will
L!,!ij ^^ght marijuana should be legalized and she sata^ ■
As the court president, Lt.-Col. Moreover, Y’itzhak Tunik, presi­ play the role of Zero Mostel’s No.
j *idnT it/’ She has discovered around town that Jie useis -i
i£V0Ullser a?e than she did (and she was plenty young) so Abraham Frisch, read the court’s dent of the Israel Bar Associa­ 1 wife in "Marco”, which co-stars
-seis it would be far too dangerous . ..
findings, which took 11 minutes,
Desi Arnaz Jr.
Responding to the call for stricter enforcement of existing the defendant stood at attention. tion, said that Israeli law only

Kozo Okamoto Receives Life Sentence

Israel Immigration Denies Japanese

Japan Lawyer Refused Entry To Israel

DAUGHTER OF SESSUE
HAYAKAWA TO PLAY
IN NEW MOVIE

(Cont. on Page 8)

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Friday, Ju]v 21

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never better. With the final score the results were as follows:
Low net: Toshi Hori 64, Tomio Nishikawa 66, Ace Fujibayash
67, Tak Ohashi 70, Doug Fujiwara 72, Gene Higashi 72, Jack Tana­
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July 21, 1972

Dates And Doings
Montreal Japan Society Picnic Slated Aug. 13

Woman Married
To Nisei Finds
Lost Daughter

Personal Notes Across Canada
Marriages

Obituaries

MA CH ID A — YAMASHITA

TORONTO. — Mr. Sadao YaTORONTO. — Yumi, daug­
ONTRELL __ The Japan Society of Canada picnic is to be ted 27 years ago a:
noshita of Toronto passed away
hter of Mrs. Harry T. Machida
- Snrd'iv. August 13th at Darwin Falls in Rawdon. A chart- rate escape from a
prison on July 16th, .1972.
of Toronto, became the bride of
the Provincial Bus Terminal at Henri Bourassa camp, a Santa Clara woman and
Funeral Service at McDougall
Mr. Jiro Gerry Yamashita on Ju­
d bus wu
a and Brown and church servic
her daughter ;
10 A. 31. The fare is S3.00.
ly 8th. 1972 at St. Alban the
of rain, the picnic will be postponed one week. Bring joyous reunion.
the Japanese United Church, InMartyr Church. The Reverend K.
at Trafalgar Lawn
friends and of course your lunch. To have an idea of
Mrs. Henry Morita, met her
Imai officiated.
vour tam
• will be going on the bus, please phone Sara Dickinson at
daughter, Elizabeth Bartfai. at
attended by
how man:
The bride
Adele Roy at 331-0070 or 729-4327 (bus.)
933-3824 or
San Francisco International Air­
matron of honour, .Mrs. Kathj
*
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port recently.
Wani; bridesmaids, Mrs. Akiko
WILLOWDALE, Ont. — Mrs. Nishimura, Misses Marion Ma­
Mrs. Morita gave birth to Eli­
Montreal "Evening Of Japanese Music" Sept. 8 zabeth, now 27. while still a pri­ Susan Takasaki, 6.1, wife of Mr. chida and Betty Lou Aihoshi. The
Miyuki Takasaki, died at Bran­
MONTREAL. — The Issei & Nisei Board have decided to spon- soner at a Nazi child labor camp son General hospital, in Willow- bestman was Dr. Robert Nishi­
mura; ushers were Messrs. Lurry
^n Fveiiinn of Japanese Music” with guest soloist, Mrs. Sumi- at Wiener Neustadt, Germany.
uly 12, 1972. Funeral Sakauye, George Kash and Mich­
sor ^-eAhtn c/japan on Sept. 8 at 8:00 p.m. at the Lester Hall of Mrs. Morita's first husband died dale, on
s held at the Toronto
7 n vmnion-Douo^ United Church, Westmount. Proceeds will be earlier in another prison camp. .Buddhist Church on July 14th. ael Aihoshi.
After the reception
at the
^ the Building Fund of the Tokushima Nishi United Church.
As Nazi guards fled before The Rev Newton Ishiura and
Cambridge Hotel, the newlyweds
Oiu- purpose to have this music concert with Mrs. Sumiko Take- U.S. and Russian troops, Sirs. Rev. F. Miyaji officiated. Inter­
/ volunteer organist of the Tokushima West United Church, Morita and the child escaped to ment at Highland Memorial Gar­ flew to Las Vegas.
•Xo'fold or mavbe three -1) to give ancient and modern Japane- Passau, Germany,
the dens following day.
where
niu-ic alive both to Japanese and non-Japanese people. 2) To give mother searching for food and
Uncial help to the building project of the new church and if I may clothing, was shot in both legs.
CARD OF THANKS
A Japanese Canadian
Fj one more 3) to learn more about Kemojima United Church, 25 The two became separated, and
We wish to express our sin­
old as we are, which is trying to become a mother church in when Mrs. Morita returned to
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thanks to our many fri­
various ways. To sponsor this music evening is one way we can Passau six weeks later, the baby
ends and relatives for their
and the fellow refugees in whose
participate ’ with the total mission of the World.
kindness, many expressions
of sympathy and beautiful
care she was placed had vanifloral
tributes during our re­
shed.
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cent bereavement of our be­
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loved mother, Haruko Sakai.
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Mrs. Morita soon met and marCosmopolitan Gourmets
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ber the two tried to talk through
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Her family, two daughters and
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NEW CANADIAN

Friday, July 9^ r

The New Canadian

Cont. from Page One

legislation in the latter 6()’s, college students and social agencies learned that his parents were first cousins and that his. younger
B*coud class njoi
numbs® 0366^Mes
voiced their opinions against the harsh penalties of the Narcotic brother and some other relatives were demented and/or in insane
asylums
back
in
Italy.
Control Act in an almost concerted manner. In November, 1968,
The Lovala (University) Conference On Student Use & Abuse
Another anti-marijuana emotionalism is dramatized in this ver­
Of Drugs invited fifteen authorities from the sociological, poli­
biage: “The narcotic content in Marijuana decreases the rate
T k8?2^!^1*
tical and medical fields, but significantly, no police were inviof heart beat and causes irregularity of the pulse. Death may
p
.
TSUMURA
stated that marijuana
ted. A Montreal psychiatrist,
result from the effect upon the heart. Prolonged u»eis of mari­
English beetion Editor
in a transitional society whose gut issues — the ethical, legal,
juana frequently develop delirious rage which sometimes, leads
KEN MORI
a ••’nice” rallying point.” It has become a symbol of a value gap
to heinous crimes such as assault and murder. Hence Marijuana
Japanese Section Editor
moral, and religious underpinnings — were being called into quhas been called the ‘killer drug”. The habitual use of this poison
4/9 QUEEN ST. WEst
estion. Among the recommendations made were these:
al wavs causes a very marked mental deterioration and sometimes
Toronto 133, Ont.
wreckage and mental decav. its effects upon character and mor­
1 — Use of cannabis products be not made a criminal offen­
EMpire 6-5005
ality are even more devastating. The victim frequently under­
se but legal controls should be administered.
2 — Federal government should initiate greater research on
goes such deg’eneracy that he will lie and steal without scrup­
les: he becomes utterly untrustworthy and often, rifts into the
marijuana and other restricted drugs.
underworld
where with his degenerate. companions,, he com­
3 — Campus groups should be formed to voice their opinions
mits
high
crimes
and misdemeanors. Marijuana sometimes gives
on government drug policies, drug education and the
man the lust to kill unreasonably and without motive. Many
judicial method of handling drug abuse.
cases of assault, rape, robbery and murder are traced to the
Another youth response came in the 5th Annual Social Sci­
Domestic Help Wanted
use
of Marijuana.”
ences Conference held at the University of Winnipeg in Febru­
ary, 1969. This conference strongly recommended that “mariju­
And as recent as 1967, it was Judge G. Joseph Tauro, Chief A couple experienced in hou^ana should not be associated with any legislation that labels it Justice of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, .in the Boston trial keeping for month of August^
narcotic.”
of two men accused of trafficking in cannabis, who made the fol­ summer cottage on Lake Siiw
Private cottage on lake for coir
The John Howard Society of Ontario also felt that if full sancti­ lowing statement:
pie’s own use. Please phone Mr
ons against cannabis are imposed as advocated, the young people
‘Tn my opinion, a proper inference may be drawn from the Archibald, 241-5283 (Toronto):’
would suffer from unnecessary criminal records and harsh penal­
evidences that there is a relationship between the use of mari­
ties. It came out for suspended sentence and probation for mere
juana and the incidence of crime and anti-social behaviour.”
possession and reduction of maximum penalties for trafficking
It is a good policy to
On the other side of the issue,however, is a preponderance
offences.
have the RIGHT POLICY
evidence
to
the
contrary,
specially
when
the
results
of
available
of
During the same year (196S) Mr. H. D. Archbold, Executive
Cc&«uH
Director of the A. R. F. of Ontario, similarly stated: “We see studies are carefully weighed.
no good reason to impose harsh penalties on those picked up for
William Wales Ltd.
The Indian Hemp Drugs Commission of 1893, still considered
simplc possession of marijuana, considering the state of our kno­ relevant and authoritative, interviewed some 1193 witnesses — in­
Insurance Agents
wledge at the present time. I know of no more rapid way to cri­ cluding 335 doctors — in thirty different cities. To the question:
2 Carlton St. 10th floor
minalize a large section of our population.”
Is a moderate cannabis user offensive to his neighbours, 600 out of
Toronto 2-A, Ont.
However, this was balanced by its counterpart in B. C., the 700 replied that they could not be distinguished from abstainers,
Phone 368-4681
Narcotic Addiction Foundation of B. C., which stated: “In Van­ but 100 out of 700 interviewed replied that excessive users were
the
smell
of
smoke
and
the
setting
of
poor
couver, in particular, there are alarming indications that many offensive because of
. young teen-ages are turning from the use of marijuana to example to minors, The conclusion reached by the Commission
injecting amphetamines. There is also in- was:
LSD and then on to
creasing evidence that once in a drug-using environment, some
“...the fact that so many witnesses testified to the peaceable
are turning from their original drug of choice to a more seriand orderly character of excessive consumers goes far to prove
ous one within the opiates...”
that in this country experience shows that, as a rule, these
Youth attitude three years later has not changed regarding
drugs do not tend to violent crimes and violence.”
legalization of cannabis products. At a cost of $ 509,767 the fe­
The 1931 study by Dr. P. O. Wolff, Marijuana in Latin Am­
derally appointed Commission On Youth recommended the legali­
proprietor
erica:
The Threat It Constitutes, looked into the results of can­
zation and government regulation of marijuana in its 216-page
nabis abuse among U. S. soldiers stationed inthe Panama Canal
report submitted on August 26, 1971.
JON ONODERA
zone. It felt that no radical changes were necessary in existing
Equally divided are the opinions of officials and authorities.
Marie A. Bertrand, a LeDain Commissioner herself, summarizes marijuana regulations:
489-4654 — 481-S805
her dissention in the Report:
“. .. with the evidence obtained and considered by the com­
(Business)
(Residence)
mission no recommendation for- further legislative action to
“1 find myself in disagreement with the colleagues on the
prevent the sale and use of marijuana in the Canal Zone, Pana­
540 Eglinton Ave. W.,
commission .in respect of the offence of simple possession of
ma, (except for the existing prohibition of possession on milcannabis. In my opinion the prohibition against such possession
Toronto
litary reservations) are deemed advisable under existing con­
should be removed altogether. I believe that this course is dicta­
ditions.”
ted at the present time by the following considerations: the ex­
The 1939. study by Chopra & Chopra in the Indian Medical Re­
tent of use and the age groups involved; the relative impossibi­
lity of enforcing the law: the social consequences of its enfor- search Memoirs (31, 1—119) came out unequivocally for negative
cement; and the uncertainty as to the relative potential for harm casual relationship between cannabis and crime. They stated
that there were only a few marijuana-influenced crimes that have
of cannabis.”
The editorial page of the Toronto Daily Star feels that “the been documented and their causal relationship established. In fact,
jury is still out” when it comes to the legalization of grass, not- they felt that cannabis may actually reduce crime by decreasing
withstanding the latest report of the A. R. F. of Ontario. It con- the general activity of the user.
tinues:
(To Be Continued)
“Under the controlled conditions of the experiment, resear­
chers found ‘no evidence of social deterioration.’ Yet it is a mar­
ked feature of the real drug scene that many young people ma­
(Cont. from Page One)
ke marijuana use the centre of a useless, layabout life-style, un­ Alberta
redeemed by any career ambitions or aspirations for self-developProvincial subsidies for the teen discussion groups covering
ment. We’re not claiming marijuana caused this attitude, but it’s
translating and importing of mi­ 45 pages, would be studied ca­
certainly associated with it.”
Addressing the Women’s Association of McGill University re- nority culture books of particu­ refully. He said that he would
cently, Quebec’s Justice Minister, Jerome Choquette feels that lar interest to all Canadians.
personally recommend the forma­
fines and jail sentences for possession of “soft drugs” such as
Cultural reporters to be esta- tion of an Alberta Ethno-Cultu­
marijuana and hashish should be lighter, but nowhere does he inGIVE TOGETHER
timatc legalization. He stated, “If we agree law is the expression blished for each major Alberta ral Advisory Council. This Coun­
of social morality, the harsh and stringent legal penalties of the , new-spaper.
cil would advise the government
Narcotic Act should not be invoked against the marijuana user.”
of cultural concerns, maintain
If marijuana and hashish were under control of the Food and
Legislation to force increased
communication between cultural
Drug Act. he added, penalties for possession would be milder.
responsibility on the media for
MUST BE SOLD
Dr. Keith Yonge, president of the Canadian Psychiatric Asso­ all productions on order to eli­ groups, develop and support cul­
tural programs, and conduct in­
ciation and head of the department of psychiatry at University
of Alberta.
Com. plotc dry cleaning and la­
these recommendations
among others — in minate bias.
formation programs.
his preliminary brief to the LeDain Commi ion:
Premier Lougheed
addressed
undry
and building on Avenue
The predominant feeling at the
1 — The laws prohibiting the supply and use of pyschotro- the oppening session of the Con­
Road, Toronto.
Conference was that; primarily
pic drug ; (including marijuana) should not be any more perference,
and
Minister
of
Culture,
missive.
Machines and building 3h
and at all times, we are Canadi­
The penalties under the law be drastically changed Youth and Recreation Horst ans and Albertans, and seconda­
years old. Term
available.
to render them more appropriate and remedial.
Schmid was present throughout rily that we would like to preser­
Phone Trans Canada
Institute’s Dr. Vivian Rakoff is another psychiatrist
of prominence to reserve judgment on legalization, as he reacted the three days. In his closing" a- ve and share our cultural heri­
Liquidation Ltd., 192 Bay Stto the implications of the Ontario A. R. F.’s preliminary report ddress Mr. Shmid assured the ga­ tage, thereby enriching our lives
Toronto. 366-5658, Mr. Nor­
on it most recent study He feels that marijuana in heavy doses thering that the final report,
and
those
of
our
future
generati
­
reduce : peoples’ willing!!
to work; and that alone i “worrisoman Jacob.
me” and a good reason for not legalizing it. He added. '“the loss with recommendations from nine- ons.
of productivity and even the possibility of brain damage i s enough
to deter me as a rational human being.

^LASSIFM

HYLAND
FLOWERS

BE BLOOD ®
DONORS®

Ill Some Anti-Marijuana Theories
One historically s ignificant argument against legalization of
cannabis has been the pre-supposition that it leads to aggression and violent crim
It wa
a matter of fact, one of the
main questions which he Indian Hemp Drug Commission of 1893
sought to have answered. In New Orleans (1926) reports on marijuana. the ‘‘n inggles” trade, were placed adjacent to those of
violent crimes, thus giving the public the impression that the two
were somehow connected. The celebrated Licata case (1933) of
Tampa. Florida, was used by Commissioner Henry J. Anslingei
i of Narcotics) to expedite the swift passage of
Pax Act (1937). His appeal to a Congressional
c o m m i 11 ee w a s: “How many, murders, suicides, robberies, criminal
assaults, hold-up s. burglaries and deeds of maniacal insanity it (marijuana) causes each year, especially among the young, can only
be conjectured.”
On October 10. 193 The Tampa Times bannered a headline:
•‘Crazed Youth Kall 5 Of bamily With An Ax In Tampa.” The subject of the head! ae, Victor Licata, allegedly under the influence of
marijuana for the past 6 months, axed his father, mother, two brothcr>.and a sister to death. Two days later, causalitv was clearlv est­
ablished^ and the Times exhorted its readership,‘“Stop This*Murdeious bmoke. Eleven days later, however. Licata undergoing a

psychiatric examination was found criminally insane. It was also

. Winners of Nipponia Home Benefit Raffle
Tn°nt° JaCCa AnnuaI Community Picnic at Stanley
Park, Erin. Ont. on July 2. 1972.
lSt TorontT ^^6? “ T’ Uycda’ 768 Crawford St
$300.00

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- $ 25.00
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APPRECIATION
.... The Toronto JCCA wish
to thank the following donars
for Fukubiki Prizes at our
recent
Annual
(-?nimn"ri
Picnic held at Stanley
Erin, Ont. on July 2,

Furuya Trading Co.
Dundas Union Store
Ginza Cafe
Michi Restaurant
Taste of Japan
Nikko Garden
v. T. Auto Service
_
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