[sargon]

If the State can ban one of God's own plants, then its power is effectively limitless. Essentially, anything can be banned if Congress or a designated bureaucrat so decides, whether based on the support of a vocal majority or not. This is one reason why the Founders rejected Democracy, because Democracy boils down to two wolves and a sheep deciding what's for dinner.

Don't forget that when it was originally released, the film Reefer Madness was intended to be taken seriously—and it was by much of the People. Indeed, we're still dealing with the legacy of that hysterical propaganda even today...

[ifinnegan]

What are you? Some washed up old hippy still living in your 60’s glory days?

[RideForever]

At the time of Reefer Madness Hearst had major financing for his forests to supply his newsprint business. And a patent was issued for a hemp harvesting machine that made hemp farming profitable. Hemp makes a finer paper than Hearst’s forests, with fewer environmentally destructive chemicals. It also makes the fibers used in original Levis, right as Dow was introducing chemical fibers, e.g. nylon. So the two struck an unHoly alliance, ‘marijuana’ was invented to promote ‘reefer madness’ in Hearst’s papers, and the rest is sordid history.