This 1973 film summarizes and publishes the findings of the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse (also known as the Shafer Commission), which was appointed by the U.S. President Richard Nixon in the early 1970s. The former chairman of the commission was former Pennsylvania Governor Raymond P. Shafer. The commission published its first report in 1972. The second and final report was given to the President and Congress in 1973. The report published the commission’s findings and called for the decriminalization of marijuana possession in the United States. However, despite the report being ignored by the White House, it remains an important document in the movement to decriminalize pot. This film was produced and directed by Roy Nolan and Bob Gumpertz. It was edited and photographed by Roy Nolan.
The film opens with shots of the hemp/cannabis plant (0:16). Photo from “A Review of the Report of the National Commission on Marijuana” showing three, two white and one black, sitting at a table (1:50). Footage of Tod H. Mikuriya, M.D. and consultant to the commission (2:13). Photo of Marijuana plant (2:35). Footage of Jared R. Tinklenberg, M.D. and associate professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and consultant to the commission (3:16). Footage of Howard Becker, Ph.D. Northwestern University (4:37). Footage of Lewis Yablonsky, Ph.D. California State University, Los Angeles (5:04). Footage of William M. Harvey, Ph.D. from St. Louis, Missouri (6:12). Footage of Leo E. Hollister, M.D. from LA Hospital, Palo Alto, California (7:29). Footage of Stanford J. Feinglass, Ph.D. consultant to the commission (7:57). Leo E. Hollister (8:46). Stanford J. Feinglass (9.22). William M. Harvey (10:10). Photo of hemp plant (11:40). Footage of David E. Smith, M.D. from Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic (11:56). Photo of cannabis plant with the text “Does Marijuana lead to Heroin or other dangerous drugs?” (12:46). Leo E. Hollister (13:02). Reese T. Jones, M.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute (13:35). Stanford J. Feinglass (14:42). Louise Epps, Ph.D. U.C.L.A. and contributor to the commission (15:35). Photo of marijuana plant with the text “Does Marijuana cause birth defects?” (15:57). David E. Smith (16:10). Photo of hashish plant with the text “Does Marijuana cause crime or aggressive behavior?” (17:10). Louise Epps (17:25). Roger Smith, D.Crim. from Marin Open House (18:02). William H. McGlothlin, Ph.D. from U.C.L.A and contributor to the commission (18:52). Photo of cannabis plant with the text “Is Marijuana a threat to the Society?” (20:00). William H. McGlothlin (20:17). Reese T. Jones (21:10). Photo of marijuana plant with the text “The Commission recommends decriminalization. What is decriminalization?” (22:24). John Kaplan Stanford University School of Law (23:00). Stanford J. Feinglass (25:33). Man wearing headphones lights up a joint (26:24). Woman using a washing machine (26:37). Seismograph (26:44). Woman next to machines types on a typewriter (26:53). Man smokes marijuana (27:00).
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