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A 5 page overview of the impact illegal marijuana use had in the U.S. in the 1950s. This paper details the government's crusade against the drug and weighs out the many misperceptions that were perpetuated. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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File: AM2_PPmarij1950s.rtf
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Marijuana (Cannabis sativa) has been used both recreationally and medicinally for centuries by cultures
all over the world. Marijuana has a long history of utilization in the United States as well. It had successfully carved out a niche of users by the
mid nineteenth century in fact! By the 1950s, however, the U.S. government had been successfully waging an anti-marijuana campaign for several generations. The way that marijuana was depicted
and the intentional categorization of those that used it presents an interesting look into this earlier time in our history. In 1937 the
Marijuana Tax Act was passed in the U.S. This act made it illegal to possess or use marijuana based on the premise that its use caused violent crime, "sexual
excess", and addiction. The use of marijuana was also believed to lead to the use of other, more serious, drugs. Recreational use, although illegal, of course continued (Grinspoon,
1994). Those that used marijuana in the 1950s had consequently come to be regarded by mainstream society with a certain degree of trepidation. Not only was the drug
then illegal in all states, the government had effectively convinced the public that marijuana use was only a precursor to worse societal problems such as crime and other forms of
addictions. In reality, laws and even the media campaigns to denounce marijuana use would do little to deter the recreational use
of marijuana in the U.S. Grinspoon reports that millions of marijuana users continued to not only:
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