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!justdontgetit@lemmy.tf is a community for things that you just don't get or understand. It's a community where you're welcome to be the opposite of the smartest in the room. Ask questions about things of which have perplex for years like "why was seeing a pig run a consolation?" or "why don't we shoo our space in to the sun?" and for those of you not comfortable with asking questions, even those like "why is going to bed with your socks on even though you have a spouse a thing?", you're welcome to be part of this community too and answer questions. The only thing I ask is that you be and not a condescending prick.
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It would also have been back then, but I don't think Mr. Anslinger and Mr. Mellon valued societal impacts higher than their personal business interests, public assertions to the contrary notwithstanding. Consider that Anslinger is the source of the "reefer madness" propaganda campaign that had serious racial implications. Where there are obvious lies there is usually obvious motive, in this case the business interests of his uncle-in-law, specifically the looming cratering of wood prices with this new development.
Again, total conspiracy theory, I don't have sources to provide. Learned this over a decade ago and can't find them anymore.
It's crazy how we can look back and see how we chose profit for one or two people over the benefit of mankind.