Harvard Sophomore Gets 4 Years in Lebanon Jail

A Harvard sophomore, arrested last August in Beirut. Lebanon, for transporting hashish-a highly potent form ?? marijuana-was sentenced to four years' imprisonment last week.

Steven A. Miller '71, grandson of a ?ormer dean of the Harvard Divinity school, was among four American ?uths arrested in the Beirut Airport August 16, carrying 50.6 pounds of ?ashish which they purchased for $575. ??e hash is worth $46,000 in the United States.

Hard Labor

Miller will serve out his term at the infamous Sand Point prison in Lebanon, noted for its grueling hard labor camps and dingy cells. An attempt to have Miller transferred to a mental hospital-with better accommodations-failed during the winter.

Under President Nixon's get-tough policy on narcotics smuggling, the State Department refused to interfere to have the sentence dropped.

Caveat Emptor

Students travelling to Europe this summer should beware that the U. S. Customs Bureau frowns on the importation of marijuana or other artificial stimulants. Officials are currently planning more thorough checks of returning students to prevent undesirable vegetation from entering the country.