Marijuana-the war on drugs was a race war that had nothing to do with the plant

[rangerrebew]

Marijuana-the war on drugs was a race war that had nothing to do with the plant
 

By Thomasina Copenhaver

Posted Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 04:56pm EDT
 

The Drug War was officially declared on June 17, 1971 when President Nixon claimed drugs to be “Public Enemy Number One.” But was that really the case? Could there have been another far deeper, carefully calculated plan that had nothing to do with marijuana?

It was a different time. Or perhaps not. In a nation struggling with civil strife, poverty, racial inequality/tension, corporate domination, ecological disasters, and a hated, highly protested Vietnam War—sharing a little marijuana among friends hardly qualified as a heavily punishable federal offense, much less “public enemy number one.” Beginning in the 50’s, smoking marijuana was popularized by peace-loving, mostly white “hippies.” But with this proclamation, marijuana possession became illegal.

https://www.naturalnewsblogs.com/marijuana-the-war-on-drugs-was-a-race-war-that-had-nothing-to-do-with-the-plant/

[Smokin Joe]

Just think; Heroin before Narcan.

The race war was the proliferation of hard, addictive drugs in the ghetto, not fighting against that. Pot just ended up across the same line as the rest. (opiates, speed, barbiturates, DMT, LSD, PCP, etc.)

[GtHawk]

Shit I heard the same thing about Crack and malt liquor.

Though I never could understand peoples addiction to crack.

[Frank Cannon]

This is written by a Lib moron. People did hard time for grass prior to '71. It's was illegal for decades before the "war".

Thomasina Copenhaver is a naturopathic doctor and registered nurse with over 30 years experience in the healthcare profession. Her passion is writing, researching, and empowering all humans with knowledge of healing at the cellular level; to enable them to make educated and informed choices regarding their health.

Oh look. She is also an effing kook.

[ABX]

I think the war on pot was multi-faceted that came together at key times. There were many racist arguments (it wasn't inherently racist but associating blacks with pot was a marketing spin for both) that contributed to the hysteria around it. (add to that associating it with 'rock' or non-wholesome(sic) music and dancing if you go far enough back). It was mostly built around this being common in jazz clubs in Detroit, Harlem and Chicago so 'society whites' (usually those with political clout) associated it with everything they tried to push away from that culture (music, dancing, clubs, etc). 

But that's just one aspect of what became a ridiculous war- in many ways it was just an excuse to grow government. You can't have people making decisions over themselves and you have to find some reason/excuse to lock up those you don't like so they aren't in your neighborhood.

The cold war was also a big contributor. Much of the marijuana product that came into the country came from central and south America, nations that were being run or attempted to be taken over by Soviet-friendly regimes- and the WOD was an attempt to starve them out.

[Smokin Joe]

Oh yeah, all about black people.....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz0IXoJfXZY  (High on the Range)

not to mention the classic:

Reefer Madness

[Smokin Joe]

I think the war on pot was multi-faceted that came together at key times. There were many racist arguments (it wasn't inherently racist but associating blacks with pot was a marketing spin for both) that contributed to the hysteria around it. (add to that associating it with 'rock' or non-wholesome(sic) music and dancing if you go far enough back). It was mostly built around this being common in jazz clubs in Detroit, Harlem and Chicago so 'society whites' (usually those with political clout) associated it with everything they tried to push away from that culture (music, dancing, clubs, etc). 

But that's just one aspect of what became a ridiculous war- in many ways it was just an excuse to grow government. You can't have people making decisions over themselves and you have to find some reason/excuse to lock up those you don't like so they aren't in your neighborhood.

The cold war was also a big contributor. Much of the marijuana product that came into the country came from central and south America, nations that were being run or attempted to be taken over by Soviet-friendly regimes- and the WOD was an attempt to starve them out.

Where the Cold War was a big contributor, frankly, was in the subversion of western culture by Communist interests, particularly the alienation of the youth from earlier generations in the '60s. Capitalizing (no pun intended) on the tendency of youth to rebel and seek its own path, the 'movements' of the late 60s, especially were almost tailor made to cause college age kids to rebel against the values amd mores of their parents, from the 'sexual revolution' to the environmental movement (which received KGB seed money to stymie Western Industry) to the pushing of drugs to cause social disruption and foster criminal behaviour. The legacy of those 'soft' operations during the Cold War has been not only detrimental to the United States and its citizens, but quite effective at forming socialist rallying points for protests which endure to this day in America, and which have influenced policy, especially with mass media on board.