Now if you are on this page that means that you are a smoker of the pot just like myself. But how much do you really know about weed? I'm not just talking strains, I mean the history of pot. Well you are in luck becuase I am here to inform you! Where shall we begin? Well let's start with back before it became illegal in the first place. Its known uses go back further than 7,000 B.C. The marijuana (hemp) plant, of course, has an incredible number of uses and was used to make the sails on the first ships that were sent out to discover the new wordls, the rope that held the ships together, as well as clothing. It was used ALOT over the years for anything from incense to food but didnt reach public awareness as a recreational drug until the early 1900’s. America’s first marijuana law was enacted at Jamestown Colony, Virginia in 1619. It was a law “ordering” all farmers to grow Indian hempseed. That's right folks, MAKING them grow weed. Ahhh the good ole days. So then why did it become illegal? For the following reasons:
Racism Fear Protection of Corporate Profits Yellow Journalism Ignorant, Incompetent, and/or Corrupt Legislators Personal Career Advancement and Greed
Racism? Yes. As newspapers in 1934 editorialized: “Marihuana influences Negroes to look at white people in the eye, step on white men’s shadows and look at a white woman twice.”
In Texas, a senator said on the floor of the Senate: “All Mexicans are crazy, and this stuff [marijuana] is what makes them crazy.”
Now let me introduce you to the biggest douche in the history of the war on drugs: Harry J. Anslinger. He immediately realized that opiates and cocaine wouldn’t be enough to help build his agency (the growing Bureau of Narcotics), so he latched on to marijuana and started to work on making it illegal at the federal level. This douche bag drew upon racism and violence to draw national attention to the problem he wanted to create. He also promoted and frequently read from “Gore Files” — wild reefer-madness-style exploitation tales of ax murderers on marijuana and sex and… Negroes. Here are some quotes that have been widely attributed to Anslinger and his Gore Files:
“There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos, and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz, and swing, result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers, and any others.”
“…the primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races.”
“Marijuana is an addictive drug which produces in its users insanity, criminality, and death.”
“Reefer makes darkies think they’re as good as white men.”
“Marihuana leads to pacifism and communist brainwashing”
“You smoke a joint and you’re likely to kill your brother.”
“Marijuana is the most violence-causing drug in the history of mankind.”
And here are some more BULLSHIT quotes from Papers at the time:
“Users of marijuana become STIMULATED as they inhale the drug and are LIKELY TO DO ANYTHING. Most crimes of violence in this section, especially in country districts are laid to users of that drug.”
“Was it marijuana, the new Mexican drug, that nerved the murderous arm of Clara Phillips when she hammered out her victim’s life in Los Angeles?… THREE-FOURTHS OF THE CRIMES of violence in this country today are committed by DOPE SLAVES — that is a matter of cold record.”
in 1937, after two years of secret planning, Anslinger brought his plan to Congress — complete with a scrapbook full of sensational Hearst editorials, stories of ax murderers who had supposedly smoked marijuana, and racial slurs.
And that was basically it. Yellow journalism won over medical science. So at least now you know. Prohibition didn't work then, it isn't working now. Spread the word, legalize this shit TODAY so I can open my own shop 
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