Well, I wasn't there, but that is the story I have heard. Of course not all drugs were banned right then. A few had local laws against them before then, and many have been added by the feds since.
-graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 5/8/2007 6:54:00 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > "Everything not prohibited is mandatory!" The only reason drugs were > made illegal in the US is because good old J Edgar Hoover blackmailed > them into making them illegal so he would not have to disband the FBI > when prohibition was ended. Orwell had no imagination. > > > ========== > Think that's it? I've often wondered by whom and when some drugs were made > illegal. Since many like the cocaine in coke, opium in laudanum, etc. were > legal for a long, long time. > > Marnie aka Doe > > --------------------------------------------- > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
