HOOKED on history channel on now

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Originally Posted by slipknotpsycho

that isn't why weed became illegal....it became illegal becasue they linked weed and violence in blacks [the only reason i see why they had to single them out, is cuz you take away someo ne's freedom sure they're going to get pissed] (refuse to call them slaves even tho at that time that's what they were at the time) and convinced everyone through posters, tv, everything that weed was bad for you and would turn you into a violent family killer...i remember watching one of the first commercials on some anti-marijuana show while smoking a joint....

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I think that was cocaine. I could be wrong, but I feel pretty confident they equated violent blacks with cocaine use. I actually just saw a thing on tv about it, that coke was considered a wonder-drug by many people, even Sigmund Freud...

Criminalizing marijuana was definitely anti-south america, anti-immigrant, anti-brown people in general, which could include blacks (generally if it involves prejudice, Im sure they were included), but Im sure it was mostly south americans. Which countries do you think will get rich if the herb is legal? If coke was legal? The US had no interest in helping support the prosperity of the brownies, and used people's prejudice's to equate the herb with lazyness, being dirty, being a scumbag - when really its all about money.

This show HOOKED is on when?

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Originally Posted by Th3 Chr0nic

thats exactly what they said about coke in the episode lastnight. just replace the word weed with coke in ur post and u have that episode exactly

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LOL, we watched the same show, I take it. :P

Der. I forgot what thread I was in. *smacks self* PAY ATTENTION!

oh ok maybe it was coke....i'm stoned shhh

^^That's your excuse for everything... Now I come to think of it it's my excuse too... And I've never heard it used more often then I have here...

lmao yea i was reading ur posts and i was like omg this guy has no clue what this thread is about lol. and i dunno when the show comes on. it isnt a regular scheduled show it was just on and i happned to catch it. this was actually the 2nd time ive seen it

i went to History Channel site and found this info.
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There has been a "drug culture" since the dawn of civilization. Sumerian cuneiform tablets from 3000 BC show a poppy harvest, as do ancient Egyptian scripts and Greek statues adorned with poppy crowns. Far more recently, Freud sung the praises of cocaine, which was included in the original recipe for Coca-Cola. But since the industrial revolution, drug use has changed dramatically, and society's response to this--particularly in America--has been to demonize users and make drugs illegal.

HOOKED explores the world of illegal drugs, meeting with pharmacologists and scientists to learn exactly what effect they have on us and exploring the social and legislative changes that have transformed (and, some would argue, created) the drug culture of the 20th century. Outspoken advocates on both sides of the "war on drugs" illuminate this polarizing issue, and fascinating accounts and artifacts illustrate the role of drugs throughout history.

The two volumes of this incisive set are:

Volume One: Marijuana and Methamphetamine/Opium, Morphine and Heroin
Volume Two: Cocaine/LSD, Ecstasy and the Raves