History of How Drugs Became Illegal airs tonight!

[Budless]

On the History Channel tonight starting at 8:00 PM and ending at 9:00 PM the History of How Drugs Became Illegal. First episode is about Cocaine and the second episode is about our prescious MJ!

Heads up for those MJ scholars out there!

 

[Mr. Nevermind]

I have watched the whole series before. They have one on herion/opium and other drugs as well. very good to watch, i think you'll be upset when you watch it to see what lies were told to make MJ illegal. Mostly based on racism and to stop support for veitnam wars ( hippies protesting)




nevermind

 

[LeoNardoDaVinci]

I am pretty up on this stuff but I will check it out, I think I have seen it already though.

 

[Pythagllio]

"Mostly based on racism and to stop support for veitnam wars ( hippies protesting)"

Pretty darn good foresight that those people in the 20s and 30s were able to anticipate the 'veitnam' war and hippies...

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Pythagllio, marijuana was relegalized from like 1968-1971 or something like that. Mr. Nevermind was refering to the hippies in this time period, and racism in the Reefer Madness era.

 

[yourselfimage]

"marijuana was relegalized from like 1968-1971"

can you give me a link where i can read up on this...I have writen many papers on the illegality of cannabis and have never read anything about this...not saying you are wrong...just want to read about it.

 

[Budless]

When I posted this I didn't mean to come across as a person blind to why drugs are illegal today. I have read, watched, and listened to a lot on the subject. I am just happy that this subject is getting some mainstream recognition.

 

[billycw]

i've seen this series before, it was alright.

better movie is "grass" lot more info and more about history of marijauna. if you havn't seen it go and get it. great watch.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

"marijuana was relegalized from like 1968-1971"

can you give me a link where i can read up on this...I have writen many papers on the illegality of cannabis and have never read anything about this...not saying you are wrong...just want to read about it.

Maybe I am wrong. After researching abit more I can't fimd anything about it. However, I can't seem to shake the thought that I read or watched this somewhere.

Does anyone know anything about this? I'm not even sure of those years. I seem to remember it being in the late 60's and not lasting very long.....

 

[SEEDYNONO]

i thought in 1970 was when they changed the laws to the controlled substance act.

 

[Mr. Nevermind]

Pythagllio, marijuana was relegalized from like 1968-1971 or something like that. Mr. Nevermind was refering to the hippies in this time period, and racism in the Reefer Madness era.

I think it was from 67-70. Tim Leary took case to supreme court that the law was unconsitutional and the court agreed and over turned law. Once Nixon was in office he used Mj as a way to stop the hippies who were protesting against the war. he used mJ to demonize people and made it illegal again.






Nevermind

 

[robobond]

It was releaglized after the previous tax law was proven to be considered self incrimination because inorder to get a tax stamp you had to have the marijuana on you and thus already be comitting a crime. It was Timothy Leary btw who brougth that up to the court. It was added in 1970 to the controlled substances act however so it legalization was short lived.

 

[yourselfimage]

thanks, after googling Timothy Leary there was plenty of stuff to read.

 

[Nikijad4210]

We've seen it many times, we were watching about Cocaine a while ago, then realized how many times we'd seen it. Hubby's watching CSI now, waiting for Mythbusters to start, and, well, you guys know where I am

 

[mexicanmafia]

thanks for the heads up!

just tuned in right now and the mj one is on right now!

peace!

mm

 

[pipeline]

Just watched it, glad that was on public television. Good show.

 

[Budless]

I watched some of it, but I was in the depths of starting a very good, bit it very sad book caled Lovely Benes by Alice Sebold. I then was called up about smoking some bud and I diverted away from it to do that.