Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Victor Licata (c. 1912 – December 4, 1950) was an American murderer who used an axe to kill his family at Ybor City, Tampa, Florida on October 16, 1933. The killings, which were reported by the Press as the work of a "axe-murdering marijuana addict", were used as prima facie evidence that there was a link between recreational drugs, such as cannabis, and crime. This led to the killings being used in 1930s anti-drug campaigns against marijuana. The 1936 exploitation film Reefer Madness is an example of how these fears were used in popular culture. However, modern researchers have found that marijuana was never mentioned in any of Licata's psychiatric reports or considered a factor for the killings. Instead it was established that the young man had been identified as mentally ill and there had been steps to incarcerate him before the murders.Two weeks after the murder of his family, 20-year-old Licata was declared unfit to stand trial for reasons of insanity and committed to the Florida State Hospital for the Insane. He remained there until 1950, when he committed suicide by hanging."@en }
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- Q7926093 abstract "Victor Licata (c. 1912 – December 4, 1950) was an American murderer who used an axe to kill his family at Ybor City, Tampa, Florida on October 16, 1933. The killings, which were reported by the Press as the work of a "axe-murdering marijuana addict", were used as prima facie evidence that there was a link between recreational drugs, such as cannabis, and crime. This led to the killings being used in 1930s anti-drug campaigns against marijuana. The 1936 exploitation film Reefer Madness is an example of how these fears were used in popular culture. However, modern researchers have found that marijuana was never mentioned in any of Licata's psychiatric reports or considered a factor for the killings. Instead it was established that the young man had been identified as mentally ill and there had been steps to incarcerate him before the murders.Two weeks after the murder of his family, 20-year-old Licata was declared unfit to stand trial for reasons of insanity and committed to the Florida State Hospital for the Insane. He remained there until 1950, when he committed suicide by hanging.".