Collection:LPB

Genre: News, Public Affairs

Place Covered: Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 1978-01-27

Duration: 00:10:08

Subjects: MARIJUANA | Drugs | Drug possession | Heath, Robert G. (Robert Galbraith), 1915-1999

Contributors:

• George, Beth Host
• Heath, Robert Speaker
• Ungerleider, Thomas Speaker

This segment from the January 27, 1978, episode of “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features a report on the debate to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, including a look at the drug paraphernalia associated with marijuana and testimony before a legislative committee on the health effects of marijuana use. Host: Beth George