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CaliBigWill t1_j6nhxer wrote

Thank Henry Anslinger. The first Commisioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. He was strongly anti-drug and racist. In the 1930s he began a campaign that targeted Cannabis but also linked it to race and further demonized it as the cause for crime.. Look at Reefer Madness

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tyler1128 t1_j6pd5hh wrote

There are many people who contributed, but Nixon was the key to execution and propaganda following. All for the vietnam war effort and disenfranchising communities most likely to oppose it.

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