• Holder To California: "Fuck Prop 19, We're Going To Enforce Weed Laws And Do It Hard Now"
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I wonder how many people actually know that weed isn't illegal because it's bad for, but because the hemp industry was a threat to the wood pulp and nylon industry and they, being millionaires in business trouble, lobbied against marijuana.
[QUOTE=Lord_Ragnarok;25521361]I wonder how many people actually know that weed isn't illegal because it's bad for, but because the hemp industry was a threat to the wood pulp and nylon industry and they, being millionaires in business trouble, lobbied against marijuana.[/QUOTE] There was also racist propaganda
[QUOTE=s0beit;25522825]There was also racist propaganda[/QUOTE] What's sad is that that fact isn't even a joke. They linked marijuana with negative black and Hispanic stereotypes to gain support.
Yellow journalism, Senator Anslinger and the pharmaceutical industry not liking it made it illegal. Quite simply.
[QUOTE=s0beit;25507157]I'm not a Republican and you are showing your overwhelming ignorance by [/QUOTE] What are you then?
[QUOTE=R3mix;25537236]What are you then?[/QUOTE] Who cares what political stance someone claims to be. It has no bearing on an argument rather than to make generalities about that group. In an argument, all that should matter are the arguments provided. Political affiliations and personal life are irrelevant.
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