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minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up89arrow-down1·10 days agoOutlawing cannabis products was essentially an exercise in deliberate systemic racism in the US. (Nixon). Unsure about the rest of the world.
minus-squareNotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up48·10 days agoIIRC the US heavily pressured other countries with tariffs to also ban it
minus-square☂️-@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agogood old imperialism. plus they are involved profit off of the illegal drug trade.
minus-squareMike D@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·10 days agoIt goes farther back than that. DuPont and Hurst had a hand in making cannabis look bad.
minus-squareJoeBigelow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down4·10 days agoAnd hemp makes for a garbage printing medium anyway
minus-squareembed_me@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·9 days agoIndia here, colonial penal code outlawed it but we’re too prudish to change it after independence
minus-squareLandless2029@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoThey outlawed it because hemp was a competitor or cotton I thought
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 days agoMaking cocaine illegal was for black people. Weed was for the hippies.
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 days agoOh yeah. To suppress the anti (Vietnam) war protests.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 days agoYup. The goal was to make both groups felons to prevent them from voting.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoThey wanted Mexicans out too.
Outlawing cannabis products was essentially an exercise in deliberate systemic racism in the US. (Nixon).
Unsure about the rest of the world.
IIRC the US heavily pressured other countries with tariffs to also ban it
good old imperialism. plus they are involved profit off of the illegal drug trade.
It goes farther back than that. DuPont and Hurst had a hand in making cannabis look bad.
And hemp makes for a garbage printing medium anyway
India here, colonial penal code outlawed it but we’re too prudish to change it after independence
They outlawed it because hemp was a competitor or cotton I thought
Making cocaine illegal was for black people. Weed was for the hippies.
Oh yeah. To suppress the anti (Vietnam) war protests.
Yup. The goal was to make both groups felons to prevent them from voting.
They wanted Mexicans out too.