MARIJUANA PUFF IN: In the Supreme Court of California, In Re Lowell F. Eggemeier, Petitioner, For a Writ of Habeus Corpus after denial of an Application for Writ by District Court of Appeal with opinion filed.
San Francisco: James R. White III, [1964].
First edition. 23 pp. Side-stapled blue wraps. Faint corner crease to last few pages, else Fine. In remarkable shape. Scarce.
The opening salvo in the modern marijuana reform movement. "The modern marijuana legalization movement's origins can be traced to August 16, 1964, when a young man named Lowell Eggemeier walked into the San Francisco Police Department, lit up a joint, and announced that he was protesting the prohibition of marijuana," writes Joshua Davis in a history of activism, From Head Shops to Whole Foods. Eggemeier retained the services of James R. White III, a rightwing libertarian and Goldwater supporter who nonetheless researched marijuana and decided Eggemeier was entirely correct in his defiance of its illegality. They lost in court but printed their opening brief in this short booklet, which circulated amongst the very first head shops in the country, in San Francisco. White also founded the organization Legalize Marijuana (or LeMar), which would inspire future, more successful marijuana law reform projects including publishing The Marijuana Review, many of which retained White's libertarian orientation.
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