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Item Title
Is There a Case for Legalizing Drugs?
Collection TitleFiring Line broadcast records
Guest
Nahas, Gabriel G.
Guest
Trebach, Arnold S.
Host
Buckley, William F., Jr.
(1925-2008)
Date CreatedMay 22, 1985
Description
Dr. Nahas believes that marijuana and other illicit drugs can, "even [at] a single
exposure," so affect the relevant center of the brain as to "provoke this compulsive type of behavior which is so obvious." Mr. Trebach believes that (a) we can't keep drugs out of the country, and therefore (b) our choice is to legalize or to "go towards a prison society where we can lock up large number of our people, especially our youth." Unfortunately, despite Mr. Buckley's efforts to keep them on track, the two guests spend much of the hour snarling at each other and don't afford the viewer much help in sorting out their contradictory assertions.
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Place RecordedNew York City, New York, United States
DimensionsDuration: 60 minutes
FormatText
Medium
television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram S0647
Record Number80040.889
NotesVideo not currently available for purchase.
Collection Guidehttps://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt6m3nc88c
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