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How the media demonized marijuana thanks to Harry J. Anslinger

Barry Gipson
4 min readJan 6, 2021

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The Menace II Society According To 1 Man

Today I cracked the book Weed The People by Bruce Barcott. After a few short chapters, the creative juices began flowing leading me here with you. There is only one name you need to know primarily responsible for the demonizing of marijuana. Allow me to put you up on some game.

Meanwhile today voters are turning out in record numbers in Georgia.

There is a bigger war being waged among the American people currently in 2021. One rooted in psychology with zero historical proven data.

Harry J. Anslinger was a man on a mission. Mostly to keep his agency afloat in 1934. Although you can not write race into law, you can impact race through laws written. The rest was history when it came to the prison system hustle for politicians and potential investors.

Super predator language was introduced into law. Then Netflix birthed 13th.

“We are not the war on drugs, we are fighting the war on drugs.” Calvin Broadus

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Barry Gipson
Barry Gipson

Written by Barry Gipson

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