12-29-2018, 06:51 PM
(12-29-2018, 01:59 AM)fredtoast Wrote: Marijuana was made illegal in 2018 about the same time alcohol prohibition began 1920. Both were mainly the result of a moralistic movement. There clearly was not any racist motive for making alcohol illegal or any profit motive from rope makers.
However it is true that racism was used in propaganda to scare people. Marijuana was much more popular among Mexicans and african Americans than white people. That is a big reason it was not made legal again when alcohol prohibition ended.
Marijuana wasn't nearly as widely used as alcohol at the time. A few people on the fringes of society may have used it, but it was most commonly used as a tincture for medical purposes. It wasn't nearly prevalent enough in society to provoke moral opposition. Not without being manufactured by the media/elite. Alcohol was, has been, and still is literally everywhere and permeates every level of society.
