KPFA- Marijuana Program
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-4886
label: Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
content: 1954
label: General
content: Rare, unreleased copy of the notorious 1954 "Marijuana Program" broadcast on Pacifica radio's KPFA, an illicit interview with a small group of marijuana smokers. Subjects cover lack of adverse effects, media depictions of users and prices, its pleasurable, peaceful effects, and potential commercial legalization. Resulted in the tape being impounded by the CA Attorney General and censorship by the FCC. Box notes indicate "Duplicate KPFA Marijuana" - "From H. Jacobs, 41 Osgood Pl. San Francisco, CA." See box and documentation for FW-ASCH-5RR-4774 for more details, another copy of program sent to Asch, but wrong tape found in box. KPFA was the first station in the Pacifica Radio network and the first listener-supported radio broadcaster in the United States.

CDR copy
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Folkways Records
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: California
topic: label: Topic
content: Radio programs
label: Topic
content: marijuana
setName: label: See more items in
content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / Open Reel Tapes
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-7RR-4886
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings