Aust. Soldiers Prefer Beer
i (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) CANBERRA, Aug. 21. ; The Australians’ fondness i for beer may be one reason for their lack of enthusiasm for marijuana, a senate committee was told today. “The Australian soldier in Vietnam feels that the camaraderie of a couple of beers ' appeals more than surrep- ' titious drug-taking,” a senior Army Department official, Mr 1 George Adamson, told the senate committee on drug- ’ trafficking and drug-abuse. ! He had been asked by Senator George Georges 1 whether “the national drug- ' habit of beer-drinking” contributed to the low incidence > of drug-taking among Austra- ' lian soldiers. I The committee was told i that 14 Australians had been ’ charged with marijuana I offences in Vietnam over the last 18 months.
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32382, 22 August 1970, Page 13
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