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Tag Archives: Harry Anslinger
Saturday Matinee: Reefer Madness the Movie Musical
The earliest version of Reefer Madness was released in 1936. It was financed by a church group who intended it to be a morality tale warning parents of supposed dangers of cannabis use and helped prime the public for prohibitionist … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Drug War, Film, Humor, media, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Andy Fickman, Cannabis, Christian Campbell, drug war, Harry Anslinger, John Kassir, Keith Stroup, Kevin Murphy, Kristen Bell, marijuana, NORML, Reefer Madness, Reefer Madness the Musical, Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical, War on Drugs
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5 Myths About Marijuana–Debunked
The more research is released, the more legalization makes sense. By Owen Poindexter Source: Alternet Back in the 1930s, the arguments to criminalize cannabis were bizarre and openly racist. The anti-pot crusader Harry Anslinger made all sorts of over-the-top claims, … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Drug War, Health, Labor, Social Control, society
Tagged amotivational syndrome, drug war, Gateway Drug, Gateway Drug Theory, Harry Anslinger, legalization, Marijuana Addiction, Marijuana Decriminalization, Medicianl Cannabis, Owen Poindexter, Prohibition, War on Drugs
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