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Why was Marijuana Made Illegal in the First Place? -part II

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Edward Dodge
May 14, 2018
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What matters is not why it was done, but how it was done in the USA.

In Part I we discussed how cannabis was originally prohibited through a series of international drug control treaties and local bans in many countries and 29 US states. Mexico banned cannabis in 1920 and the League of Nations, including the UK and Canada, banned cannabis drugs except fo…

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