[truthfreedom]

When was pot made illegal in the US? There is very very little tradition behind the illegality of pot in the US. Pot was made illegal here during the new deal era.

[ChrisInAR]

It was 1937 when the Marihuana Tax Act was passed. IIRC, it didn't criminalize it exactly...it just taxed it so highly that it made it nearly impossible to buy. One of the top promoters of criminalizing was Harry Anslinger, a racist to the core who equated marujiana use w/ blacks, demonic jazz / swing music, rape, & sex. Have you ever watched the 1930's film "Reefer Madness"?

[ansel12]

There is very very little tradition behind the illegality of pot in the US

There is no history of a "tradition" of pot use among white civilization or in the United States and it is still not a part of western culture, but it is a tradition in many of those laziest, most backward regions of the world, such as the Middle East.

[CowboyJay]

"Pot was made illegal here during the new deal era"

The biggest push for prohibition came from the KKK, and their Women's Auxiliary wing, A.K.A. the Women's Christian Temperance Union. The regulation of intoxicants is clearly not an enumerated power. California is big enough that the feds won't dare get in a pissing match. This would be a good step toward getting the fed.gov back on some kind of constitutional leash.