Poll of the Day > How did racism against Mexicans make weed illegal?

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People hate Irish folk but whiskey is still legal. Whiskey is worse than cannabis.

BigOlePappy posted...

People hate Irish folk but whiskey is still legal

It was illegal for like 18 years... but it formed the Irish mafia as a result

No. It was racism against blacks that made it illegal.

from what i understand, it was way to control the anti war movement in the 60s and 70s

Rich people trying to stop the hemp industry to bolster their own.

DirtBasedSoap posted...

from what i understand, it was way to control the anti war movement in the 60s and 70s

It was going on since the 30s, politicians just cranked it to 11 in the 60s and 70s

DeathMagnetic80 posted...

No. It was racism against blacks that made it illegal.

Yeah that.

Revelation34 posted...

Yeah that.

It was both, along with corporate interests against hemp

Here's a quote from Harry Anslinger, the 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics back in the 30s, the dude that pretty much made it illegal federally

Marijuana is the most violence-causing drug in the history of mankind Most marijuana smokers are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage.

There's also the fact that it used to be called Cannabis in the US until they wanted it to sound more foreign to really double down on the Hispanic racism.

https://youtu.be/sXPOw2unxy0

Japan had no laws regarding cannabis until the U.S. occupation and now its considered the same as meth or heroin here. Hell, meth might even be considered more socially acceptable here (barely) as its the drug of choice partially thanks to the insane work culture

William Randolph Hearst, Andrew Mellon, and the du Pont family had something to do with it as well

https://youtu.be/b2sIhaXUrmw

https://youtu.be/zhQlcMHhF3w

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I've never seen anyone not not care about authority while high on weed. Too lazy to do shit they are told to do maybe. But that's different imo. Not caring to me would be blatantly disregarding them. Which maybe was the case for people being studied who knew it was a study. In the real world I at least don't want said authority knowing I'm high and weed causes a slight amount of paranoia for me in that regard so I'm gonna do my best to act normal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHqjHFrzGwk

In the early 1970s, Nixon said he wanted to get drugs off the street but in reality it was a ruse to target certain people, heavily penalized them and revoke their voting privileges.

So in 1971, Nixon launched his "War On Drugs" which was never about getting drugs off the streets because it did the opposite of that. First of all, when you fight a war, you need an enemy. Secondly, you do not fight a health issue with the criminal justice system.

In regards to the question, in the early 20th century, Mexican migrant workers brought weed into the country and as they spread out for work, so did their custom of smoking weed and then laws began making it illegal because it was Mexicans bringing the weed into the country and a certain faction railed against that much the way a certain faction railed against alcohol which led to Prohibition.

Cannabis just seems so harmless. I've heard it has remained illegal in many states since you can send a black guy to prison over a small amount.

I remember reading up on it many years ago. If I recall correctly, it was mainly an effort to prevent immigrant labor along the southern border. They knew marijuana was in common use by the workers, so that's what they targeted. They didn't outright make it illegal, they pulled the standard government bullshit where it required a tax stamp. A tax stamp that they of course never issued.
The NFA used a similar scheme. Equally super racist, but the anti-gun people love it. The reason short barreled rifles and short barreled shotguns are restricted, is because at the time handguns were very expensive, so most of the poor black communities would simply cut down the barrel on a rifle or shotgun to have something more compact for protection. Considering lynchings were still common place at the time it's pretty understandable why they would want some firepower close by. After they were added to the NFA, you were required to pay $200 for a tax stamp (roughly the equivalent of $4,000 at the time) to own one. An amount that poor minorities at the time would be lucky to scrape together in a lifetime. The law remains unchanged to this day.

As an irish American I can confirm to be hated online and offline