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Racism Made Marijuana Illegal? - US 101

Marijuana, cannabis, and hemp have been a part of America's history since the beginning. So why did it have a negative stigma attached to it in the 20th century? On this episode, we'll learn about who campaigned to make marijuana illegal, how racism was the driving force behind that campaign, and why Richard Nixon's administration used racism to begin the War on Drugs in the 1970s. Read more about marijuana's history in the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_h... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J... http://hightimes.com/culture/11-us-pr... https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/b... https://history.org/foundation/journa... http://www.alternet.org/story/12666/o... http://harpers.org/archive/2016/04/le... http://www.drugpolicy.org/medical-mar... Watch the trailer for Reefer Madness:    • Reefer Madness ORIGINAL TRAILER - 1936 (No...   SUBSCRIBE to the channel! Facebook:   / usahistory101   Twitter:   / usahistory101   Instagram:   / usahistory101   Mandeville by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/