THE REEFER MADNESS BOOK
Chapter 3
Old Time Radio Programs

THE REEFER MADNESS ERA:
 THE VOICES OF EVIL

[Joseph Taylor - Chief of L.A. Detectives]

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Who was Joseph Taylor

"Joseph F. Taylor, the Chief of Detectives of the Los Angeles Police Department, says: "In the past we have had officers of this department shot and killed by Marihuana addicts and have traced the act of murder directly to the influence of Marihuana, with no other motive.   Numerous assaults have been made upon officers and citizens with intent to kill by Marihuana addicts which were directly traceable to the influence of Marihuana".  Fraternal Order of Police Journal - Jan 1933

Mr. Joseph F. Taylor, Chief of Detectives of the Department of Police in the City of Los Angeles, states: "We have found from long experience and dealing with this type of criminal that Marihuana is probably the most dangerous of all our narcotic drugs.   Our Los Angeles Police Narcotic Squad makes an average of about 50 arrests a month of peddlers and users of Marihuana".   Journal of the American Institue of Crimal Law and Criminology- May-June 1932/Mar.-Apr/1933

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Letter originally printed as part of a Wichita [Kansas], Police Department report entitled -- "MARIHUANA - Research Report compiled for the Inter-Club Committee for the Advancement of Civic Responsibilty," Dated Dec. 19, 1932. -- Copy located via the Main (State of Kansas) archival Library.

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