Record Drug Hauls
The United States Customs Bureau has reported a “phenomenal rise” in seizures of marijuana in the United States in the last year and said demand for the drug seemed to be constantly increasing. The bureau reported a record in seizures of heroin, cocaine and marijuana in the year ending June 30, 1969. The largest increase involved marijuana. Some 6231 b of the drug was confiscated, a rise of about 325 per cent from the previous year. —Washington, Aug. 25.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32076, 26 August 1969, Page 5
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82Record Drug Hauls Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32076, 26 August 1969, Page 5
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