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How did cannabis—a plant humans have been using for more than 10,000 years—become so vilified in the U.S.? https://www.sapiens.org/column/curiosities/archaeology-marijuana/
@estherschindler Because ignorant and fearful people were afraid of the power it seemed to give intellectual people.
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Good Read here....
" In 1937 cannabis was made illegal, thanks to Anslinger spewing forth nonsense like “this was a drug black men used to seduce white women” that “promotes interracial mixing, interracial relationships.” Rot in hell, Anslinger."
https://www.thestranger.com/weed/2018/04/20/26066781/the-histories-of-cannabis-and-race-are-intertwined