- 1915 to 1937: Early state laws. In this time period, there was no strict tax of prohibition on marijuana. Fear of Mexicans: a large immigration of Mexicans to the southwest prompted white officials to question the culture and customs of the newcomers. One habit that the Mexicans brought over the border was their taste for herbs. Common white folk everywhere latched on the idea that Mexicans are crazy because they smoke pot. Thusly many states passed anti-Marijuana laws in order to curb the influx of strange Mexicans and their funky plants. The cause is clearly a derivative of racism and fear. This accounts for anti-Marijuana laws throughout the southwest in the

-Fear of Polygamous Mormons: the one state in the southwest that did not ex

perience much of the Mexican influx was Utah.

-Fear of Substitution: few eastern states paid much attention to dope. Caution was used as deemed necessary by the interested public-many thought that since many drugs were becoming illegal in the 20's, weed might be used in place of other drugs. The problem of hard substance addiction would have only been sidestepped.

- Beginning in 1982 the Drug Enforcement Administration turned increased attention to marijuana farms in the United States, and their was a shift to the indoor growing of plants specially designed for small size and high yield. After over a decade of decreasing use, marijuana became an upward trend once more in the early 1990s, especially among teenagers.

-1937: Marijuana becomes illegal. Many seem to assume that pot has always been considered a bad drug. Not in the states until such a late date

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