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live As we learned in Part 1, under President Richard Nixon in 1970, marijuana was classified as a Schedule 1 drug in the newly passed Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act. It continues with that classification today. Prior to this, however, a Nixon-appointed presidential commission had recommended marijuana use not be a criminal offence. This recommendation was made by the Shafer Commission, whose members were appointed by Nixon himself and were, for the most part, strongly opposed to marijuana. After launching dozens of reports and polls, and taking thousands of pages of testimony, members of the commission came to a different conclusion than they had set out to find. Instead of condemning marijuana, they hinted that legalization was a more appropriate step, though Shafer himself did not support this. The Shafer Commission’s final report concluded marijuana did not cause crime or aggression or act as what is now called a “gateway drug.” It also recommended the decriminalization of marijuana possession. Nixon, whose personal views remained strongly anti-marijuana, overruled the commission’s findings and announced “all-out war” on marijuana. While President Jimmy Carter took a softer stance on pot, the Reagan administration reinforced Nixon’s hard line by ramping up the war on drugs. Just 20 years later, in 1992, Bill Clinton became the first American president to admit to having tried (but not inhaled) marijuana. Then, in 1996, California became the first state in the nation to legalize the use of medicinal marijuana. The march towards the acceptance of cannabis in North America has gone on into the 21st century, but what has fueled this? Why do the majority of citizens support the use of cannabis when only an estimated six per cent of individuals use it? More Americans agree on the legalization, or at least the decriminalization of cannabis, than they do on who should be the American president. Its acceptance crosses party lines and generational ones. Of course, entire anthologies could be written on dozens of different reasons why cannabis is becoming less stigmatized. It seems to be the confluence of several factors ranging from a changing notion of the role of government, the age of the citizenry, and the financial state we have found ourselves in over the past couple of decades. Whatever the combination is, it seems to have caused a perfect storm of change that continues to sweep through the nation and around North America. ”AFTER launching dozens of reports and polls, and taking thousands of pages of testimony, members of the commission came to a different conclusion than they had set out to find.“ 54 grow. heal. live. enjoy. myhydrolife.ca
”MANY STATES decided it would be better to join them if they can’t beat them; in some cases, maybe even beat them by joining them.“ Whether or not it is reflected in the outcome of elections or in party membership rolls, North America has taken more of a libertarian approach to the way it does business. As industry and manufacturing left many parts of the United States and <strong>Canada</strong> at the end of the 20th century, the vacuum left in its wake was financially devastating to the economy. In an effort to raise revenues, a more “Las Vegas” approach was taken by many regions. Municipalities and states realized that there was money to be made by allowing people their vices legally (this was usually first led by the acceptance of casino gambling). Hardline moralists in politics could not argue that vice was good for the state’s (or province’s) bottom line. In business, sales absolve all your sins. One could argue that this helped to pave the way towards legalization of cannabis in many states. The rise of the internet can also be attributed to the acceptance of marijuana use. An untold number of websites sell the gambit of seed, extracts, and all manner of paraphernalia, legal or otherwise. Knowing it would be highly unlikely, or at least costprohibitive, to combat the panoply of online vendors, many states decided it would be better to join them if they can’t beat them; in some cases, maybe even beat them by joining them. An additional, but by no means final, reason that marijuana usage is enjoying new or renewed acceptance is the age of the populace. Many of the hardline, anti-marijuana voters belong to the venerated Greatest Generation. These heroes were raised in a time when we were the “good guys,“ and it stands to reason that they believed their government when it told them that marijuana was as bad as or worse than other narcotics. This generation is dying out. Their children, the Baby Boomers, came of age in an era where it was the norm to at least try marijuana. myhydrolife.ca grow. heal. live. enjoy. 55
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