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Apparently marijuana was in the files. They were speaking how people who smoke marijuana are harder to manipulate because it makes us open our mind and question things more, whereas alcohol does the opposite effect. Which is why alcohol is promoted while marijuana is demonized.

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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

but there are politicians from back in the day recorded saying they stigmatized weed to counteract the politics of blacks, hippies, etc.

it still never ceases to amaze me that president nixon admitted to doing this and people still believe that the drugs are bad.

[–] Castor_Troy@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought it was Nixon but wasn't sure. I'd speculate with near certainty that most people just do not know that recording exists.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

that has to be the only explanation that makes sense to me; but the scale of this kind of ignorance becomes staggering when you consider the sheer volume of information that the american gov't released thanks to things like the freedom of information act.