Marijuana is its own special category, but club drugs (which for some reason include date rape drugs), inhalants and steroids are all in a “miscellaneous” category together?

Also, note all the ridiculous drug propaganda lies.

  • Dasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    It was banned in 1970

    You are coming across as very emotional about this, but you are showing how little you have researched.

    Ironic.

    1951-56:

    Stricter Sentencing Laws

    Enactment of federal laws (Boggs Act, 1952; Narcotics Control Act, 1956) which set mandatory sentences for drug-related offenses, including marijuana.

    A first-offense marijuana possession carried a minimum sentence of 2-10 years with a fine of up to $20,000.

    https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dope/etc/cron.html#:~:text=Enactment of federal laws (Boggs,fine%20of%20up%20to%20%2420%2C000.

    Alcohol was banned in 1920, and 13 years later, it was unbanned.

    The prohibition was protested long before it was finally repealed.

    Uneven enforcement and the continued circulation of illegal alcohol led to widespread lawbreaking, corruption, and a nationwide backlash. Opposition to Prohibition by elected officials and grassroots organizations in New York, including Governor Al Smith, Congressman Fiorello La Guardia, and the Manhattan-based Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform (WONPR), increased throughout the 1920s.

    https://www.mcny.org/exhibition/protesting-prohibition

    • HopingForBetter@lemmy.todayEnglish
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      6 months ago

      You do realize that your providing sources for someone else who didn’t doesn’t make them less emotional, nor my original post “ironic” for not knowing your sources.

      I stand by my original post, which was a cursory google search of us history.

      Thanks for providing sources.

      However, my ultimate point that it was never a gateway drug and bans were consistently protested remains.

      Is your point that I’m wrong for not knowing everything because I said “Here’s what I found, stop being emotional and show me what you found.”?

      Good day.