Why Is Weed Illegal? – The History of Cannabis in the U.S. | NowThis

Believe it or not, people didn’t originally think a plant should be illegal.
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16 Comments

  1. @Vision3434 on June 2, 2024 at 4:22 pm

    Alcohol and cigarettes are horrible and yet they are legal…… we don’t live in a true democracy



  2. @benjaminsaavedra6000 on June 2, 2024 at 4:23 pm

    Your videos are educational but without sources, you can come off not credible. Listing where you got your sources will be greatly beneficial.



  3. @spaceycaveco.698 on June 2, 2024 at 4:24 pm

    The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs Treaty is when the world leaders decided we civilians don’t have a right to our own our bodies and minds. We make light of this Treaty although it has likely led to the deaths of billions in their Drug Wars rather than save anyone’s life or bring populace stability. The world governments need to realize they’ve created more problems than they solved making the Treaty in such a lazy fashion as to lap the much less harmful substances in with the deadly ones. Civilians should demand reform for the Convention to ease up on the less harmful substances like cannabis, psilocybin, and other benign psychedelics.



  4. @holzmann- on June 2, 2024 at 4:30 pm

    Weed isn’t illegal



  5. @CrankyRayy on June 2, 2024 at 4:33 pm

    literally no good reason for it to be illegal basically lol. you made all stoners smoke 2x as much just to protest you lol



  6. @blakestevens8667 on June 2, 2024 at 4:34 pm

    hey man I just moved to TN no connectionions I need some bud dad can you help me



  7. @barrylyons3034 on June 2, 2024 at 4:37 pm

    This is generally good and nicely done, but as I explain in my book I’m not convinced of the Hearst angle. Here’s the Amazon link to my book, if you want to check it out: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1493682776/ref=cm_sw_su_dp



  8. @DiEntertaina on June 2, 2024 at 4:44 pm

    God is perfect. Man is not. Man made liquor. God made pot.



  9. @Spyrothedragon0 on June 2, 2024 at 4:50 pm

    So weed is illegal because the government is racist



  10. @Mantr186 on June 2, 2024 at 4:54 pm

    The first example of nylon (nylon 66) was produced on February 28, 1935. 2 year later they ban Hemp to use Nylon I don’t think so



  11. @NyanNyanNyanNyanNyanNyanNyanN on June 2, 2024 at 5:01 pm

    Alcohol is the real family destroyer and harm causer yet its legal and weed aint. Wow



  12. @NyanNyanNyanNyanNyanNyanNyanN on June 2, 2024 at 5:02 pm

    And to think how much corruption came from that act and how many peoples lives were destroyed is truly scary.



  13. @gunlover1955 on June 2, 2024 at 5:04 pm

    If I remember History right some of the founding fathers of the country smoked pot and some used cocaine and they all surely had guns.



  14. @nelsonfernandez7164 on June 2, 2024 at 5:04 pm

    HERE IS THE QUESTION TO ASK: who is the victim of my crime, for marijuana use to be illegal ?



  15. @jonw1235 on June 2, 2024 at 5:09 pm

    I would recommend watching the documentary "true history of marijuana full movie". its on youtube. It confirms that this video is true, and also goes into much greater depth.



  16. @BenjamiSKATE on June 2, 2024 at 5:17 pm

    Money Money Money is the root of all evil