Advocates; Should we legalize marijuana?

09/09/1979

Moderator: Michael Dukakis Advocate: Avi Nelson Advocate: William Rusher Witnesses: Peter Meyers Chief Counsel, NORML Dr. Lester Grinspoon Professor, Harvard Medical School Dr. Robert DuPont Founding Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse James Buckley Former US Senator

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Series: Advocates
Program: Should we legalize marijuana?
Program Number: 619
Series Description: A SERIES OF DEBATES with a moderator facilitating the discussion of national and international issues - using advocates who would introduce witnesses to support their point of view. Debates recorded at Boston's Faneuil Hall. Moderators included: Michael Dukakis; Marilyn Berger; Michael Harrington, Robert Maynard. (Premiered October, 1969; conceived by Prof. Roger Fisher.) Other participants included Barney Frank, Avi Nelson, Antonin Scalia, S.I. Hayakawa, Paul Simon, Albert Shankar, Richard Bolling, Pete McCloskey, Chester Crocker, John Anderson, Elmo Zumwalt, George Ball, John Kenneth Galbraith, William Colby, Eleanor Smeal, Phyllis Schlafly, Sam Ervin, Laurence Tribe, Daniel Schorr, Orrin Hatch, Morris Udall, Edward Kennedy, George McGovern, Jake Garn, Paul Tsongas, Alan Dershowitz. Series release date: 1969
Program Description: Moderator: Michael Dukakis Advocate: Avi Nelson Advocate: William Rusher Witnesses: Peter Meyers – Chief Counsel, NORML Dr. Lester Grinspoon – Professor, Harvard Medical School Dr. Robert DuPont – Founding Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse James Buckley – Former US Senator Co-produced with the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Bears WGBH copyright.
Duration: 00:59:29
Asset Type: Broadcast program
Media Type: Video
Subjects: Grinspoon, Lester, 1928-; Buckley, James Lane, 1923-; Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933-; DuPont, Robert L., 1936-; Rusher, William A., 1923-2011
Locations: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Genres: Debate
Topics: Social Issues; Public Affairs
Contributors: Grinspoon, Lester (Guest); Meyers, Peter (Guest); Rusher, William (Guest); Dukakis, Michael (Moderator); Nelson, Avi (Guest); Buckley, James (Guest); Dupont, Robert (Guest)
Publication Information: Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
Citation: Chicago: “Advocates; Should we legalize marijuana?,” 09/09/1979, GBH Archives, accessed December 18, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_6912E5D0C7CB41EE8E7260C267DCCF03.; MLA: “Advocates; Should we legalize marijuana?.” 09/09/1979. GBH Archives. Web. December 18, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_6912E5D0C7CB41EE8E7260C267DCCF03>.; APA: Advocates; Should we legalize marijuana?. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_6912E5D0C7CB41EE8E7260C267DCCF03

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