History of Marijuana Prohibition

Marijuana often refered to as weed, pot, reefer, and ganja. Marijuana is so sooo bad and illegal and looked down on society. Well here i am to tell you all the truth on Marijuana.

People have been smoking for thousand of years and never though anything of it. Labor workers often use marijuana to relax them after a long day at work. The high class people around the area did not like their customs and look down upon them. And was said that it turned them into killers, One mexican attack two white men and stated that he went crazy because of Marijuana. El paso City (where this took place) soon passed a law to ban marijuana and took role fast busting everyone with marijuana. This soon was said a way to control mexicans because of the fact they were the main user of marijuana. Most Americans had no clue about marijuana nor did care due to the fact they had worse drugs to worry about at the time. U.S. thought that if they threw enough people in jail they can stop the use of alcohol and other drugs such as cocaine, dope, marijuana. They became strict and searching everyone. Soon began to throw people in jail left and right.  A man named Harry Anslinger was the director of the war on drug smuggling and caught many people. He soon wanted all states to enforce the law themselves and start catching people. Only nine states agreed to this. Other states though it would interfiere with federal law. Jazz bands in New orleans were using “refeer” marijuana because it made the music sound better. Then the marijuana use traveled up the mississippi. Anslinger realized that it has been traveling to all the major citys and knew that he needed to convince the voters that marijuana is “deadly” that they will sign his law and agree to fight against drug use. The “new official truth” came up as if you smoke it you will go insane.  He then quickly told all parents that Marijuana is the assassin of youth and should keep their kids away from it. He advertised marijuana to the public as MURDER! INSANITY! and DEATH!. His campaign was a succsess and quickly all states signed it. Federal Government sign a Tax stamp on marijuana where it is illegal to smoke/ have it with out a card, the catch? The government did not pass any cards out making it illegal. Soon to find that most/all soldiers in the vietnam war smoked marijuana. Then Nixon came along and wanted to be noticed as the toughest crime fighter.