Originally Posted by Darth Tang
Wrong. Mexicans introduced Marijuana in it's recreatinal form (smoking) in the early 1900's when they started immigrating here.
During the Great Depression, massive unemployment increased public resentment and fear of Mexican immigrants, escalating public and governmental concern about the problem of marijuana.
This instigated a flurry of research which linked the use of marijuana with violence, crime and other socially deviant behaviors, primarily committed by racially inferior or underclass communities. By 1931, 29 states had outlawed marijuana.
It was a racial thing initially..................
i have NEVER in my life met an abusive stoner...
i meet abusive drunks constantly at bars