When the bill was first raised on 10 June, one member objected to taking it so late in the day, and Congressman Rayburn explained only that it concerned something called marihuana, a narcotic of some kind. On 14 June members who asked what it did heard a repetition of the crimes Anslinger had attributed to users. After less than two pages of debate it passed without a recorded vote.[1]
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References
- The Marijuana Conviction: A History of Marijuana Prohibition in the United StatesRichard J. Bonnie, Charles H. Whitebread II · The Lindesmith Center · 1999 · chapter 8, pp. 173–174 · ISBN 1891385062
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