[Conservative til I die]

Weren't a lot of the Congressional debates about Marijuana and opiates laced with racism and xenophobia? I seem to recall reading posts talking about how Congressmen used scare tactics of dirty Mexican men high on the demon weed raping white wimmen. And Chinamen doing opium, probably raping white wimmen too.

[weikel]

Yep

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[justlurking]

Weren't a lot of the Congressional debates about Marijuana and opiates laced with racism and xenophobia?

I'm not in a position to dig it up at the moment, but you are correct. Like early gun control laws, drug prohibition laws were targeted at specific racial and ethnic groups, while the white majority's mood-altering drug(s) of choice -- caffiene, ethyl alcohol, and nicotine -- remain legal.