How do I find the eact title of the 1972 Report of the Presidential
Commission chaired by Governor Schaeffer

Hello.

Governor Raymond P. Shafer's commission issued two reports (1972 &
1973).

The full title of the 1972 report was:
"Marihuana:  A Signal of Misunderstanding. First Report. United States
Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse."
Source: Library of Congress online catalog
http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v3=1&DB=local&CMD=010a+72601280&CNT=10+records+per+page

The full title of the 1973 report was:
"Drug use in America: problem in perspective; Second Report. United
States Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse"
Source: Library of Congress online catalog
http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v3=1&DB=local&CMD=010a+73601309&CNT=10+records+per+page


For more information about Governor Ray Shafer, visit his web site
hosted by Allegheny College:
http://shafer.allegheny.edu/

Here's some information about Gov. Shafer's involvement with President
Nixon's Commission Marihuana and Drug Abuse:
"President Nixon appointed Ray Shafer Chair of this National
Commission in 1971, and its findings were released in several stages.
The first report from the fall of 1972 was Marihuana: A Signal of
Misunderstanding, issued both as a government report and a mass market
Signet New American Library paperback. The second report from March,
1973 was Drug Use in America: Problem in Perspective."
Source: Allegheny College:
http://shafer.allegheny.edu/public.html


search strategy: 
drug, commission, report, 1972
schaeffer, shafer

I hope this helps.

What can I say? juggler corrected my misspelling, wrong dates, gave me
the exact citation and pointed me to a very helpful site.
nathan riley