Harry Anslinger was essentially the first
drug czar in the U.S. Under his
direction, the
Federal Bureau of Narcotics started the push to make pot
illegal in the mid
1930’s. Their efforts to “
educate” the
American public about the
dangers of marijuana included various forms of propaganda and the censorship of pot positive materials.
"If the hideous monster Frankenstein came face to face with the monster of marijuana he would drop dead of fright.”
"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
"Marihuana (sic) leads to pacifism and communist brainwashing"
-All said by Harry Anslinger
(quotes from http://www.hempfiles.com)