1. Medicinal Maryjane Use
The legal acceptance of alcohol, however, does not exclude it from the category of a "drug," even in the eyes of the Food and Drug Administration. ... The basis upon which marijuana is prohibited has been proven by the very government which has banned the drug to be false. ... Just following the turn of the century, a new climate of temperance swept the nation and in 1914 Congress passed the Harrison Act, banning opiates and cocaine, and the prohibition of alcohol soon followed in 1918, making the U.S. officially a "dry" nation. ... Drug smugglers tend to carry and sell hard drugs in extrem...
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