Artikel mit Symbolbild und viel Text Harry Anslinger's Anti-Drug Crusade Harry Anslinger was the first man appointed to the newly formed commissioner position, and he was determined to make a name for himself. His primary target was alcohol. Since 1920, the country had been dry (in name if not in practice) and he was intent on enforcing the ban. But it wasn't long before he was a man without a cause. In 1933, just three years after Anslinger's appointment, Prohibition was repealed — and the purview of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics began to shrink. With alcohol off the table, the department's business was limited to narcotics like cocaine and heroin — drugs used by a very small percentage of the population. Chasing them down wasn't going to result in fame or glory any time soon. https://allthatsinteresting.com/20th-century-anti-marijuana-propaganda
#Satanic conversion, permanent #insanity, and #murder: These were the calamities that could befall #marijuana users of the early 20th century — according to #antimarijuana #propaganda.
And this #antireefer hysteria was, at least in part, the product of […]
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