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Councilmen Object

Some members of Council objected
to the Committee's acceptance
as fact "noted authorities"
declarations that there are no lasting
effects from marijuana, that
"no pathological conditions or disorders
of cerebral functions" are
attributable to the drug, and that
"psychic dependence is not as
prominent or compelling as in the
case of morphine, alcohol or perhaps
even tobacco habituation."

Richard Jenkins maintained that
there was "psychiatric opinion
to the contrary" of these statements.

The motion was tabled until
the next meeting when it is hoped
that John Buckman, Associate Professor
of Psychiatry at the University
Hospital, will be able to
speak to Student Council on the
matter.