š¤Your Government Is Lying To You (Again)šā About Marijuanaš¾š„
- Buddieizreal
- Aug 22, 2019
- 1 min read
The speed with which Americans are now considering legalizing marijuana has taken everyone by surprise. But in the midst of this shift in public opinion and state law it is worth remembering the speed with which marijuana was made illegal. This month Stephen Siff looks at how political and racial factors combined with the way marijuana users were portrayed in the media to create the "legalization" of marijuana across the 20th century.
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