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Actually, opium was illegal for decades before marijuana was. It wasn't immigration, it was the pure and simple fact that opium dens destroyed China, did a lot of damage to England, and damn near followed suit in the U.S. when a few dens popped up.
Cocaine became illegal because Anslinger scared the living hell out of the public by saying it would drive Negroes to raping white women, the easiest American fear to prey on then.
To a certain extent, that's why opium was made illegal, too. It was thought that it's sedative effects were giving rise to white women rapes in the dens.
It's already been explained why marijuana is illegal many times over in this thread.
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07-24-2007, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Biznizz Hippee  Well these are just my opinions. i am in no way saying these are the exact reasons the government has made marijuana illegal and probly has no plans on legalizing it.
1. No tax money - This being because its so f-ing easy to grow(in my opinion) that anyone could grow it and not pay a cent to the government. Take for instance Tobbacco, as much as people want it illegal the government wont do shit about it, why, because they make so much f-ing tax money off it. Think about it man, if there were a thousand people growning Garden sized weed patches how much tax money would that be from the gov? A f-ing lot. i mean look at how much it goes for on the street? people would still be selling it for the prices they are now , really robbing the people buying it, because the people buying it could grow easily a pound per bush. i know this really isnt a well thought or for that matter well put together thesis (nice word just learned haha) so im going to leave it at that
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07-24-2007, 10:51 PM
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So far 3 people have blamed the criminalization of marijuana on white people being racist. The reason they would use blacks or Mexicans as scapegoats is because everyone was racist back then, so scaring people into thinking it drives minorities crazy is a good propaganda tool. But they weren't doing it because of that, they were just using it because they didn't want WHITE people using the stuff. |
07-24-2007, 11:26 PM
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i wouldn't say using, it because white/eastern Indian people owned hashish bars, more because they didn't want whites and blacks socializing together, and mexicans was in the great depression and we didn't have enough food for the once higher class people(the ones that vote), so they made it where as they can deport you are put you in jail for weed.
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08-05-2007, 07:29 PM
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If you guys want to know a lot of the history of Cannabis, check out the book that I just finished last week. Amazon.com: Cannabis: A History: Books: Martin Booth
The first 3rd of this book is simply fascinating. Great reading, I was up until 8AM reading once. |
08-21-2007, 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by AzGrOw-N-sMoKe well the reasons for it first becoming illigle have been stated in few other posts....but the reason it has stayed illigle really is the fact that there is so much money in keeping it illigle...they spend billions every year to keep it this way..this makes countless jobs from officers to lawers an everything inbetween...if marijuana became legal what would happen to those thousands of people who have spent most of their lives inforcing these laws...the american would surly drop an in this day in age the american dollar needs no more assitience in deprecting... | This same reason is why the war in Iraq will never end because it is not a war it is now a Business...
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09-20-2007, 07:48 AM
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I remember that movie. That was so friggin' 'off the wall' ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote:
Originally Posted by 420worshipper The worst demonization occurred just after prohibition. It was around 1936 and the liquor industry wanted to be the only legal thing that could get you high. So they put out a movie called "Reefer Madness", which showed people who smoked marijuana turning into some Lizzie Borden style ax murderers and other types of killers. They then took truckloads of money up to Capitol Hill and got both houses of Congress to make it illegal. That is when the founding fathers rolled over in their coffins, since most of them not only grew but used it as well, not just for smoking. Hemp was used by them for ropes, paper, and military uniforms for its sturdiness and cost to produce it. | |
10-08-2007, 02:02 AM
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Marijuana was first made illegal because early strains caused the smoker to explode into a ball of fire after the 3rd hit.
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10-08-2007, 08:02 AM
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wow. Maybe I need to watch the video. Marijuana criminalization had nothing to do with Marijuana. It was about hemp. If you are going to have an intelligent discussion about how and why it was made illegal you really need to educate your selfs. I couldn't believe three pages to the thread and no one knows the why? Popular Mechnics, 1938 called hemp a BILLION Dollar crop. Wonder what that 1938 Billion would be worth today. No Marijuana Stamps have ever been issued. Hemp can be imported to the US but not grown here. The way they keep folks from realizing it is by concentrating on lying about marijuana. Seems to be working. VV |
10-08-2007, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by VictorVIcious wow. Maybe I need to watch the video. Marijuana criminalization had nothing to do with Marijuana. It was about hemp. If you are going to have an intelligent discussion about how and why it was made illegal you really need to educate your selfs. I couldn't believe three pages to the thread and no one knows the why? Popular Mechnics, 1938 called hemp a BILLION Dollar crop. Wonder what that 1938 Billion would be worth today. No Marijuana Stamps have ever been issued. Hemp can be imported to the US but not grown here. The way they keep folks from realizing it is by concentrating on lying about marijuana. Seems to be working. VV | I like the theory that they fear another anointed one,they have destroyed cannabis on a worldwide scale in order to ensure there can never be another Jesus   | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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