"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
Federal Bureau of Narcotics Chief Harry J. Anslinger, 1929In 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
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This post doesn't look particularly nice, but the substance is more important than the appearance. Keep in mind that the tactics have remained the same since any of us can remember.
Trust is a two-way street.
--Christopher
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