The LaGuardia Report - Sociological Study
Conclusions
From the foregoing study the following conclusions are drawn:
- Marihuana is used extensively in the Borough of Manhattan but the problem is not as
acute as it is reported to be in other sections of the United States.
- The introduction of marihuana into this area is recent as compared to other localities.
- The cost of marihuana is low and therefore within the purchasing power of most persons.
- The distribution and use of marihuana is centered in Harlem.
- The majority of marihuana smokers are Negroes and Latin-Americans.
- The consensus among marihuana smokers is that the use of the drug creates a definite
feeling of adequacy.
- The practice of smoking marihuana does not lead to addiction in the medical sense of the
word.
- The sale and distribution of marihuana is not under the control of any single organized
group.
- The use of marihuana does not lead to morphine or heroin or cocaine addiction and no
effort is made to create a market for these narcotics by stimulating the practice of
marihuana smoking.
- Marihuana is not the determining factor in the commission of major crimes.
- Marihuana smoking is not widespread among school children.
- Juvenile delinquency is not associated with the practice of smoking marihuana.
- The publicity concerning the catastrophic effects of marihuana smoking in New York City
is unfounded.