Apparently the first recreational smoking took place after a Turkish leader introduced it to some folks here. It never really caught on until alcohol was banned. They sold it at jazz bars etc. Then begins the ad campaign that smoking cannibus leads to rape and murder because we lose control ...
11-09-2006, 01:21 AM
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| Master Debator Election Moderator  Democrat Omaha, NE 
| history channel v. history of marywanna Apparently the first recreational smoking took place after a Turkish leader introduced it to some folks here. It never really caught on until alcohol was banned. They sold it at jazz bars etc. Then begins the ad campaign that smoking cannibus leads to rape and murder because we lose control of our minds.  I was not all the way up on the history of weed. I find it kind of amazing it took until near 1940 before it was considered illegal on the federal level. | ||||
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11-09-2006, 02:03 PM
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| Governments should fear their people  Paleolibertarian
| I've studied the history of it quite a lot. It's pretty horrific when you look at the reason why it was banned. Did you know that in some colonies during the Revolution, it was illegal to NOT grow cannabis to support the war?  | ||||
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11-09-2006, 02:38 PM
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| Master Debator Election Moderator Democrat Omaha, NE
| I think the late 1930s is when we kind of took all the fun out of the US. Booze, weed, machine guns, etc all illegal.  | ||||
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