Propaganda In The History Of Marijuana
Mary Jane, weed, chronic, cannabis, reefer, ganja these are some of the popular names for marijuana. The word marijuana derives from a Spanish word meaning a substance causing intoxication. The history of marijuana can be traced back to the civilizations of ancient Greek, Persians and Chinese around 3000 B.C. E. Throughout history one way of discourage the non-usage of marijuana was to use racism and stereotypes to strike fear in the general population about the dangers of marijuana. However, before the film reefer madness in 1936, there were other forms of propaganda, an example of this is, after the Mexican Revolution around 1910, rumors spread that Mexicans were distributing killer weed to American schoolchildren. This kind of propaganda