Medical cannabis is a conservative cause. Some readers may not believe it, but it is true. It is far past time to reemphasize the “good” ideas from some of the “bad” ideas that burden the conservative movement.
The prohibition on medical cannabis is an evil idea originating from Depression era big government bureaucrats under President Franklin Roosevelt who were hell bent on stealing States’ Rights. They used outright lies to hoodwink the public and the U.S. congress to outlaw “marijuana.” There was neveranyscientific evidence submitted and reviewed by Congress to make this decision.
The Bible clearly sides with sobriety as a way of life. The big government lie was that cannabis was only used to intoxicate and had no medical purpose.
Prior to 1890 there were no federal or state laws regulating cannabis production or use. The medicinal use of cannabis was very common. Indeed, President James Madison, author of our constitution, remarked in his private correspondence on his occasional use.
Again, the answer is simple – they changed the name and started calling it marihuana – a term used by Mexican immigrants. Big media and big government worked together to sabotage a proven folk medicine and then prosecuted a campaign of deception against an evil foreign drug – marijuana.
William Randolph Hearst promoted this racist lie in his newspaper chain across America. The result was the federal government propaganda campaign called “Reefer Madness” and became a common social myth based on fear. That good Christian folk could be so easily hoodwinked should give us all pause when considering the waves of fake news in our society today. The big government and big media duo passed the prohibition of cannabis against the advice of the American Medical Association in 1937.
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