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Resolution Adopted by the CCAR

MARIJUANA
Digests of resolutions adopted by the
Central Conference of American Rabbis
between 1889 and 1974

The Central Conference of American Rabbis does not presume to make a judgment on medical aspects of the use of marijuana. However, we are deeply concerned by the fear reaction of legislators and law enforcement officials who have imposed severe criminal penalties for what is essentially a matter of private behavior and individual conscience.

The National Commission on Marijuana And Drug Abuse, in its official report to the President and Congress of the United States entitled: Marijuana, A Signal of Misunderstanding, has urged Federal and State decriminalization of possession, use, and distribution of marijuana to the extent that: "possession in private of marijuana for personal use would no longer be an offense," and "distribution in private of small amounts of marijuana for no remuneration or insignificant remuneration not involving a profit would no longer be an offense."

The Central Conference of American Rabbis urges that the Federal and State governments adopt these recommendations of the National Commission on Marijuana And Drug Abuse. (1973, p. 47)
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See http://data.ccarnet.org/cgi-bin/resodisp.pl?file=mari&year=1972