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To: WildTurkey

Too lazy to do your own research? Ok stick your head in the sand and deny historical fact that racist fearmongering was used to illegalize cannabis.

"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
Federal Bureau of Narcotics Chief Harry J. Anslinger, 1929

In some districts, inhabited by Latin Americans, Filipinos, Spaniards and Negroes, half the violent crimes are attributed to marijuana craze. Dr. Lee Rice of San Antonio reports that eighty per cent of all the murders committed by Mexicans are done while the killers are drugged by marijuana.
THE CHRISTIAN CENTURY - June 29, 1938

"[Marijuana] is highly intoxicating and constitutes an ever recurring problem where there are Mexicans or Spanish-Americans of the lower classes."
New York Times- Dec. 3, 1933 - Pg. 6, Sec. 4.

"Marihuana influences Negroes to look at white people in the eye, step on white men's shadows and look at a white woman twice."
Hearst newspapers nationwide, 1935

"Marihuana leads to pacifism and communist brainwashing"
Federal Bureau of Narcotics Chief Harry J. Anslinger, 1948

"Permanent brain damage is one of the inevitable results of the use of marijuana."
Ronald Reagan 1974

"Marijuana leads to homosexuality ... and therefore to AIDS."
White House Drug Czar Carlton Turner 1986


120 posted on 10/13/2005 8:50:23 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
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To: Sir Gawain

The only think I see is a lot of unsourced items you copied off of some pro-drug site. Although, the one by Reagan that mj causes brain damage is true and he probably said something like that.


124 posted on 10/13/2005 8:55:33 PM PDT by WildTurkey (When will CBS Retract and Apologize?)
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