Buffalo in the 70s: News editorial takes note of ‘Spreading marijuana ordeal’

By Steve Cichon
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This Buffalo News editorial, published 45 years ago,  looks at the issues surrounding the criminalization of marijuana. At the time, President Richard Nixon and New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller had called for reducing penalties for simple marijuana possession to “a level that does not ruin the accused for life.”

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Steve Cichon

Steve Cichon writes about Buffalo’s pop culture history. His stories of Buffalo's past have appeared more than 1600 times in The Buffalo News. He's a proud Buffalonian helping the world experience the city he loves. Since the earliest days of the internet, Cichon's been creating content celebrating the people, places, and ideas that make Buffalo unique and special. The 25-year veteran of Buffalo radio and television has written five books and curates The Buffalo Stories Archives-- hundreds of thousands of books, images, and audio/visual media which tell the stories of who we are in Western New York.