1938: MARIJUANA: AN UNKNOWN DRUG DURING MY TEEN YEARS

I had never heard the word Marijuana used during my teenage years. It wasn't until the Hippies, Woodstockers, and other anti social rebels brought it into society in massive amounts, This front page is a very large graphic and unless you have a larger monitor you will not be able to read it in full. Below is an extract of the graphic only. It was only recently that I saw the now cult movie, "REEFER MADNESS;" which was supposed to scare the viewer with the mind altering ability of a joint or two.

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This is a very large graphic. I tried to reduce it in size so that the
average LCD monitor would find it to be legible.
Many folks have been under the impression that marijuana was a remnant of the 1960's when America experienced an irreversible tear in the fabric of society which has brought us to the current culture war which is raging in 21st century America. As you can see by this full page feature in the Trenton Times from 1938, Granny and Grandpop may well have been indulged in partaking of the weed. The campy movie "Reefer Madness" tells the story of how a man became addicted to marijuana and ended up where all addicts go. Note that the continuation of this feature article will be found in the next post.

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