Marihuana In The Press 1887-1922 Library Of Congress

[t-pain]

seems like a hot topic.

 

https://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/marihuana.html

 

Important Dates:

August 12, 1897. Under the headline “Victims of a Mexican Drug,” the New York Sun relays a report from the Mexican Herald that “Marihuana, our local hasheesh, continues to impel people of the lower orders to wild and desperate deeds.”

 

July 15, 1899. The Oasis (Arizola, Arizona) relays a report from the Mexican Herald of a scene in a civil registry office: “A marihuana fiend suddenly appeared in the office brandishing a knife, declared that he was Herod and his mission was the extermination of new-born infants.”

 

October 16, 1908. The Florida Star reports that James Love, who operates an agricultural experimental station in Texas, has received permission from the state agricultural department to plant in Texas ten pounds of marihuana seed he has imported from Mexico. The article states Mr. Love’s belief is that the plant “can be put to good commercial use as a drug.”

 

April 11, 1909. The New-York Tribune relays a fanciful tale of an alleged Mexican goat-herder whose goats have become addicted to marihuana.

 

June 3, 1915. Under the subhead “Council Passes Emergency Ordinance to Stop Sale of Mexican Drug,” the El Paso Herald reports a prospective ban on marihuana passed by the El Paso City Council.

 

June 7, 1915. The El Paso Herald reports concern from local physicians and pharmacists over El Paso’s prospective anti-marihuana law. The Herald’s article states that “It is put up by the foremost drug manufacturers in the country and is frequently prescribed, as it is a sedative of value.”

 

June 14, 1915. El Paso’s anti-marihuana ordinance takes effect. The law provides for fines of up to two hundred dollars.

 

September 25, 1915. In an article entitled “Is the Mexican Nation 'Locoed' by a Peculiar Weed?” the Ogden Standard suggests that Mexican “bandits” are being emboldened to take on Uncle Sam by the intoxicating effects of marihuana.

[AmishRnot4ganja]

This has been going on for sooooo long now.

 

Thanks for the informative posts. They make for fascinating reading.

Edited December 22, 2015 by amish4ganja