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... within the next two decades because of reports that offensive minorities were using the drug; Mexicans in the Southwest, Hindus in San Francisco, Syrians in New York, urban blacks, and jazz musicians (Berendt 21). All these reasons helped to favor the illegality of cannabis sativa. Many times people will see marijuana as an addictive drug that causes people to commit crimes ... ...
... constitution was even written on hemp. During the 1920's and 1930's, the utilization of marijuana as a recreational drug became primarily associated with the Mexican-American immigrant workers and African-American jazz musician communities (http://www.natlnorml.org/facts/crazy.partI.shtml). The time old plant name of "Hemp" was replaced with "Marihuana" and was also referred to as "The Devil's Weed ... ...
... cocaine. Getting uniform drug laws passed in all States and the Federal legislature was one of Anslinger's biggest concerns as head of the FBNDD. Anslinger also had a personal dislike of jazz music and the "black musicians" who made it. He hated them so much that he spent years tracking each of them and often dreamed of arresting them all in one ... ...
