[robertpaulsen]

"BTW, Anslinger was a lying a-hole, and the whole rationale of criminalizing cannabis in the first place was a crock."

Assuming that's true, that explains the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937.

Anslinger had nothing to do with the passage of the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. How can you call the current law a crock?

[PreciousLiberty]

“Anslinger had nothing to do with the passage of the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. How can you call the current law a crock?”

I case you haven’t noticed, once a government assumes a particular course it has a terrible time admitting it made a mistake. Liability, careers...there are ramifications.

The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 simply perpetuated the stupid mistakes made before.