Hanginon t1_j2bsivu wrote on December 31, 2022 at 2:10 AM

No, that BS was around long before then.

Source; I'm old as fuck, and that statement predates me by a lot.

Quirtee t1_j2bt6rh wrote on December 31, 2022 at 2:15 AM

Reefer madness

raspberryharbour t1_j2c8ogh wrote on December 31, 2022 at 4:18 AM

Reefer Madness leads to Smack Tomfoolery

rexter2k5 t1_j2cy2kw wrote on December 31, 2022 at 8:55 AM

Reefer Madness is the greatest anti-anti-marijuana media piece ever. The difference between how they show people smoking weed and how people actually smoke weed is fucking hilarious.

HereComesCunty t1_j2emk5t wrote on December 31, 2022 at 6:18 PM

One reefer please

Warrenwelder t1_j2d1vzh wrote on December 31, 2022 at 9:47 AM

Reefer madness is no excuse for reefer rudeness.

HansDeBaconOva t1_j2dwjmd wrote on December 31, 2022 at 3:19 PM

The video where the guy takes a hit off a joint then gets the crazy eyes, gets out of his chair, turn you see him pick up a knife and move towards his wife always made me laugh. "Marijuana will make you go INSANE!

The_Critical_Cynic OP t1_j2c567x wrote on December 31, 2022 at 3:48 AM

I was thinking this had something to do with hemp farming for fabric way back in the 20's. They came out with all sorts of things to fight that I thought.

Propyl_People_Ether t1_j2cfqs9 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 5:21 AM

Paper, I believe - at least, that's why Hearst got into it, he had timber investments for that purpose.

I wonder sometimes how many old-growth trees would still be standing in the US if hemp had remained legal.

Hanginon t1_j2c73b8 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 4:04 AM

It was more like post prohibition, all the federal alphabet agencies needed a new boogeyman to ~~-keep them in business-~~ protect the public from.

The_Critical_Cynic OP t1_j2dzbpd wrote on December 31, 2022 at 3:39 PM

Got you. Still a long ass time ago.

Hanginon t1_j2eeyey wrote on December 31, 2022 at 5:27 PM

Yep. A funny thing is our perception of a timeline coincides with our age. At 21, 30 years ago seems like ancient history, at 60+, 30 years ago is 'not long ago'. We partially percieve time/history as a percentage of our existence.

The US had some serious drug problems in the populace way back in the late 19th century, Opiates were easily available and from post civil war to the turn of the century there were some serious addiciton issues in the US. Opium and morphine were over the counter drugs.

Then hemp/weed as a 'dangerous drug' only hit the federal lawbooks in the very late 1930's, after the repeal of prohibition.

doc_strange82 t1_j2c3scg wrote on December 31, 2022 at 3:37 AM

I felt like it didn't seem true. Good to know.

V6Ga t1_j2dokg2 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 2:15 PM

Mother's milk is the ultimate gateway drug:

Every heroin addict who ever lived started on milk.

TIL John Steinbeck IV wrote an article in January 1968 about marijuana usage among the troops. This set off a media firestorm, & the Army began clamping down on marijuana usage, arresting ~1000 G.I.s a week for possession. Many G.I.s switched to heroin, which was odorless and thus harder to detect.

doc_strange82 t1_j2br0r3 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 1:59 AM