No change in marijuana laws coming, White House says

[RainDog]

101. Nixon refused to take the advice of the best experts

because marijuana was associated with the enemies on his list - jews, psychiatrists, hippies, african-americans... this is not an exaggeration.

in his white house tapes he talks about this in relation to Jews

[Later on in this conversation tape, Bob Haldeman left, and
George Schultz entered with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley. The
following is from that segment. The President and Daley are
talking about how Chicago approaches drugs.]

RN: "Well, let me tell you one thing that just happened here
because it probably wasn't, I'm sure it wasn't in the press here,
I had a press conference in California which was not televised,
but, I was asked about marijuana because a study is being made by
a, group, [unintelligible] the government. Now, my position is
flat-out on that. I am against legalizing marijuana. Now I'm
against legalizing marijuana because, I know all the arguments
about, well, marijuana is no worse than whiskey, or etc. etc.
etc. But the point is, once you cross that line, from the
straight society to the drug society -- marijuana, then speed,
then it's LSD, then it's heroin, etc. then you're done. But the
main point is -- well, well we conduct, well this commission will
come up with a number of recommendations perhaps with regard to,
[unintelligible] the penalties more, because [unintelligible] too
far in this respect. As far as legalizing them is concerned, I
think we've got to take a strong stand, one way or the other,
and, uh."

RD: "Against, uh."

RN: "Against legalizing. That's the position that I take. Because
I think if we legalized it, take the, then, then, your high
school and elementary kid, well why not? It [unintelligible]."






May 26, 1971, Time: 10:03 am - 11:35 am -- Oval Office
Conversation: 505-4 -- Meeting with Nixon and HR 'Bob' Haldeman

RN: "Now, this is one thing I want. I want a Goddamn strong
statement on marijuana. Can I get that out of this
sonofabitching, uh, Domestic Council?"

HRH: "Sure."

RN: "I mean one on marijuana that just tears the ass out of them.
I see another thing in the news summary this morning about it.
You know it's a funny thing, every one of the bastards that are
out for legalizing marijuana is Jewish. What the Christ is the
matter with the Jews, Bob, what is the matter with them? I
suppose it's because most of them are psychiatrists, you know,
there's so many, all the greatest psychiatrists are Jewish. By
God we are going to hit the marijuana thing, and I want to hit it
right square in the puss, I want to find a way of putting more on
that. More [ unintelligible ] work with somebody else with this."

HRH: "Mm hmm, yep."

RN: "I want to hit it, against legalizing and all that sort of
thing."

http://www.csdp.org/research/nixonpot.txt