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PAGE 10 Fines are "an adequate deterrent to the use of marijuana, I do favor decriminalization and not legalization."

Speech, I.S.U. (Gary, Indiana)

May 3, 1976

If Senate Bill S.1 should be passed in (that) form, (as it stands today) I would veto it."

Speech, I.S.U. (Gary, Indiana)

May 3, 1976

"I also favor heavy punishment for those who push any kind of drugs, including marijuana."

Speech ,

Akron, Ohio

June 3, 1976

Not having studied law, I've had to learn the hard way...One of the sources for my understanding about the proper application of criminal justice and the system of equity is from reading (theologian) Reinhold Niebuhr...The other source of my understanding about what's right and wrong in this society is from a friend of mine, a poet named Bob Dylan..."

National Observer

June 19, 1976

"I fover [sic] decriminalization of marijuana." (fund raising letter signed by Carter)

Human Events

June 26, 1976