If you grew up in the 80's or 90's you were probably taught to believe that the war on drugs was created to keep you safe from the dangers of drugs, namely marijuana. What you probably wouldn't know is that the criminalization and fight against the natural substance is actually founded on outright racist beliefs and lies. In today's 420 episode of Social Discord we look at how one man almost single handedly criminalized cannabis through harsh racial bias and propaganda, how the government was able to determine the legality of something it knew almost nothing about, and what would inevitably lead to the first medicinal legalization of cannabis in California. Hosted by Daylen Turk and Curtis Medina.Intro/Outro music is Hippie Bulle - Stoned Funghi (ID 213) by Checkie Brown, used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivitives Licensing https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Checkie_Brown_1005/2019022133151294/Hippie_Bulle_-_Stoned_Funghi_ID_213