Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 33 No. 8. 10 June 1970
Marijuana Seminar
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Marijuana Seminar
A seminar on marijuana is to be held at Victoria tomorrow.
The seminar, which will be held in the Main Common Room and will commence at midday, will take the form of a panel discussion chaired by Jack Shallcrass, Senior Lecturer in Education at Victoria.
Members of the panel will include Dr Blake-Palmer, Deputy-Director-General of Health and Chairman of the Board of Health Committee on Drun Abuse and Drug Dependency in New Zealand; Dr Murphy, Dr Blake-Palmer's assistant; Ray Henwood, a Dsir toxicologist; Dr Erich Geiringer; Gerard Curry, 1969 VUWSA President; and Graeme Nesbilt. VUWSA Cultural Affairs Officer. Each member of the panel will speak for about ten minutes before panel discussion commences. Provision will be made for questions from the floor.
An invitation to attend the discussion has been extended to a representative of the Police but the Commissioner of Police, Mr Urquhart,' has advised that a representative will not be present at the seminar.