The Road to Legalizing Cannabis at the Federal Level - Beyond the Scenes
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
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Why Is It Criminalized?
In the early 19 thirties, harry annslinger was an out of work a prohibitionist under alcohol prohibition. He would say things like, you know, refer makes the negroes think they're as good as the white man. And then he became the first director of the federal bureau of narcotics. That was it. It's really and truly, when you start looking at it and looking at the intersectionality of all these issues, it is literally about stripping power away from the black community.
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