In this 1967 episode of TV cop show Dragnet, a father being investigated for this marijuana use tells LAPD’s Joe Friday and Bill Gannon that “marijuana’s going to be just like liquor — packaged and taxed and sold right off the shelf” in the future.
Something tells us Sgt. Friday wouldn’t approve of Prop 19.
For the whole story by Dennis Romero, check out our Village Voice Media sister blog, LA Weekly.