When Grass Came to the Suburbs, in a Big Way ; Explosion of Drug Use Tied to War
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › September 18, 2009
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In a year noted for sex, drugs and rock-and-roll, it was the drugs that had everyone so worked up.
"Lodi Mayor Vows More Drug Raids," The Record reported on Feb. 17, one of scores of stories in 1969 about the local drug scene.See the full content of this document
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When Grass Came to the Suburbs, in a Big Way ; Explosion of Drug Use Tied to War
Three days later, "Police See a Pompton Pot Problem." Three weeks after that, a police search of lockers at New Milford High School yielded marijuana, touched off a student protest and provoked the headline "Drug Reprisals Trigger Sit-In."
And the stories kept on coming:* "Parents Admit Kids Use Drugs...See the full content of this document
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