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While researching a column yesterday, I found this excellent piece on the history of recreational drug use in America. And a decent chunk of the story concerns a doctor from Temple University.
Where, oh where, in this story, are we going to find an expert witness? Here it comes — sure enough — the guy from Temple University — the guy with the dogs. I promise you, you are not going to believe this.
In the most famous of these trials, what happened was two women jumped on a Newark, New Jersey bus and shot and killed and robbed the bus driver. They put on the marijuana insanity defense. The defense called the pharmacologist, and of course, you know how to do this now, you put the expert on, you say “Doctor, did you do all of this experimentation and so on?” You qualify your expert. “Did you write all about it?” “Yes, and I did the dogs” and now he is an expert. Now you ask him what? You ask the doctor “What have you done with the drug?” And he said, and I quote, “I’ve experimented with the dogs, I have written something about it and” — are you ready — “I have used the drug myself.”
What do you ask him next? “Doctor, when you used the drug, what happened?”
With all the press present at this flamboyant murder trial in Newark New Jersey, in 1938, the pharmacologist said, and I quote, in response to the question “When you used the drug, what happened?”, his exact response was: “After two puffs on a marijuana cigarette, I was turned into a bat.”
Who knew Batboy was from Philadelphia? This article also contains this quote from said doctor: “I wouldn’t know, I am not a dog psychologist.”
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Rich
First, may I say that I found Rich’s comment insightful and exceedingly relevant. Second, I agree with the thirties doctor: every time I take two puffs on a marijuana cigarette, I have a heart attack, or a stroke.
I went ahead and read that whole speach you go that passage from.
Really and amazing piece of work, his final prediction was a little off time wise, but I’d say we are on track to see what expects.