The History of Cannabis

By rachelblock

  • Anti-Opium Act of 1908

    Written by William Lyon Mackenzie King, and North America's first national drug prohibition law, banned opium sales by Chinese people across Canada

  • Closing of Herbal Schools begins

    corporate-engineered closing of herbal medicine schools begins

  • First laws against cannabis in the United States passed

    Ordinance passed in El Paso, Texas was designed to control cannabis, but really only gave the government a weapon against Mexicans

  • Anslinger chosen to be the head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics

    Harry Anslinger used his role to promote inaccurate statements about cannabis use