The term "marijuana" wasn't used in the united states until the early 1900s, the media coined the term to describe the evil drug that turned its users into axe-murderers and made african americans insolent and coupled with their evil jazz music lured white women into sexual acts. Hardly anybody realized this evil "marijuana" was cannabis sativa, hemp, the same plant that grew on every roadside in America. Extracts and oils of this plant also happened to be one of the most common medicines in that time. Only the American Medical Association realized and opposed the marijuana tax act of 1937.
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Nullific Reviewed by Nullific on . Marijuana - The Scapegoat All my childhood and teenage years marijuana stood beside burning bibles :eek: like a criminal with no just cause. Shackled with complete innocence to the trite finger pointing it has been subjected to for way too long. Marijuana, the popular scapegoat for many is a contagious excuse for morons to be...well...morons thus forming an opinion on those who make laws to keep the herb from getting it's well deserved approval. Labeling it a drug instead of an herb helps them to convince people that Rating: 5