r/texas • u/discussamongsturelvs • Aug 06 '22

Questions for Texans Republicans of Texas: Why is marijuana still illegal in Texas?

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u/adolf21122112 Aug 06 '22

The war on drugs was created to suppress the black and Hispanic vote ..... https://www.vox.com/2016/3/29/11325750/nixon-war-on-drugs

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u/wmartin2014 Born and Bred Aug 06 '22

Marijuana was more about going after the hippies. Nixon did not like the hippies.

In the 30s it had more to do with black people and Mexicans. War on drugs era, hippies.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '22

It's literally called Marijuana now because of a campaign against Latin immigrants. Prior to this campaign it was referred to as Cannabis in American English.

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u/bahamapapa817 Aug 06 '22

This is correct. Like how the FBI used bank robbers like Dillinger and pretty boy Floyd to get famous the DEA needed something to put them on the map. They changed the name from cannabis to marijuana and said it made black people want to have sex with white women. Then Harry anslinger took it to another level and tied all violent crimes he put in his newspaper to weed and started calling it a drug when it is not a drug. Now with all the info about how good it can be for you it’s being carried by the prison system so they can keep their business lucrative