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Herer invokes the Siler investigation as evidence against prohibition.[1] The report’s recommendations were more qualified than his summary suggests.
A committee studied 34 soldiers in the Panama Canal Department. Its report, signed on 21 October 1932 and published in 1933, recommended no further legislation against cannabis sale or use in the Canal Zone. It also expressly recommended that military restrictions remain in force.[2]
The distinction matters: a recommendation against additional civilian legislation did not amount to ending military penalties. The study also concerned a small group of soldiers, not the population of Panama. We record it on the US timeline as a debate in US-administered territory, without inferring a national legal change in Panama or a change in adult US scores.
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for United States here.
References
- The Emperor Wears No Clothes (supplied EPUB, edition unspecified)Jack Herer · Chapter 4, Hearst, His Hatred and Hysterical Lies; Chapter 14, Privacy is a Right; split_010.htm
- Mariajuana Smoking in PanamaJ. F. Siler, W. L. Sheep, L. B. Bates, G. F. Clark, G. W. Cook, W. A. Smith · In The Military Surgeon · 1933 · Vol. 73, pp. 269–280; Recommendationsarchived
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