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Ridiculous. THe Chinese discovered this way back in the 1800s ~ they tried full legalization. Next thing you know the Narcotrafficantes were carving their country up ~ took them until nearly this century to get the last of them out (which they did with the return of Hong Kong).

Actually they outlawed it in 1796 but to no avail. The only way they eventually eradicated the problem was that the drug dealers (Britain), finally agreed to quit importing it.

In 1900, none of these drugs were illegal in the U.S. Why are they now? What has changed?

All of the original laws outlawing marijuana were done either for racist reasons or by those in the oil industry which wanted no competition. Currently, though much less harmful than alcohol, the justification for its continued prohibition is completely based on lies (gateway drug, schizophrenia, etc).

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So, the oil industry feared competion from the narcotics industry.

Yes, yes, tell us more!

Your history is so much more interesting than our history.