Early in this century, the government waged a war of terrorism on marijuana, or cannabis sativa. "By 1937, forty-six states had laws against the use of marijuana, and its use had already been made a criminal offense under federal law" (Jaffe, 659). Andrews pointed out that "not until some time in the early 1930s did the Louisianna legislature pass a state regulation making use of the drug illegal" (5). Jaffe noted that "since the early 1900s, marifuana has …showed first 75 words of 708 total…

…showed last 75 words of 708 total…Andrews concluded that "medical research indicates no physiological effect of any severity from use of the drug. Thus it has been assumed marijuana is harmless" (12). But is marijuana "devil weed"? The answers are mixed. The conclusions uncertain. Andrews' answer is probably the most accurate: "Perhaps so. Perhaps not. Certainly more research is necessar." In other words, most of the reserach and most of the scientists have indicated that all the answers are not in yet.