The Big Chill (1983)

What were US cannabis possession laws like in 1983?

I just watched a movie called “The Big Chill” in which homely Hugh Grant / Bridget Jones types all sit around around roll and smoke joints as normally as drinking coffee…so matter-of-factly, that I wondered was this legal back then?

cannabis wase’nt in the fore front of America in the late 70’s-early 80’s it did not get much attention till id say late 80’s say 1987 and so on from what i can remember ,i remember Nancy Reagan’s drug education programs on tv and news from growing up “cocaine was pretty popular on the news as i recall “

The Big Chill trailer (1983)

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The Big Chill - 1983 VHS Color/Closed Captioned This compassionate 'comedy of values' probes the growing pains of seven college housemates from the 1960s who have drifted apart and then reunite at the funeral of a friend. Stunned by the death of their peer, sensing their own mortality and the loss of their innocence, each takes the opportunity to reevaluate his or her life and reestablish their bond....

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