Lawson, James

Javits s links to Lansky and Vesco surfaced in yet another context in October, 1978. After a several ton marijuana bust off the coast of Massachusetts, the defendants were represented in court by James Lawson, the head of the state chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). NORML is the principal public lobby for the decriminalization of marijuana and addictive drags in the U.S. Sitting on its Advisory Board is Sen. Jacob Javits. Evidence surfaced in the course of the trial that the front money for the captured marijuana shipment had been provided by Meyer Lansky and Robert Vesco. (7)... 

Lee to James Lawson, 5 March 1798, quoted in Pacey Some Early Heat Engine Concepts , p. 144. 

In the second group, we are grateful for the contributions of the following late colleagues Richard R. Baker, Stuart A. Beilin, Herbert R. Bentley, Robert H. Cundiff, Wilbur R. Franks, James D. Fredrickson, Jesse A. Giles, Kurt Grob, Robert A. Heckman, Charles H. Keith, Philip H. Latimer, Jr., Anders H. Laurene, Jerry W. Lawson, Larry A. Lyerly, John... 

C. Elaine Lawson, M.S., is a Program Officer in the Institute of Medicine s Health Sciences Section. Ms. Lawson obtained her B.S. in Physical and Health Education from James Madison University, and her M.S. in Exercise Science and Health from George Mason University. She has written chapters for lOM reports on genetic risks and stalking behavior, and was coeditor of lOM reports on healthcare in schools and on gender differences in susceptibility to environmental factors. She recently codirected the Institute of Medicine and Smithsonian Institution joint venture for a leadership institute on K-6 science education. 

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