How Sweet is Mary Jane?

Marijuana is an illegal drug, which comes from the hemp plant, which can readily be grown on fields across the nation and was cultivated heavily in the colonial period. After 130 years of being legal, commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and the author of Marijuana: Assassin of Youth (Goldman 88) Harry J. Anslingler brought the possible problems of marijuana into the public eye. In his book Anslinger portrayed images of Mexican and Negro criminals, as well as young boys, who became killers while under the influence of marijuana. With added public pressure, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. This law made the use and dale of marijuana federal offenses. At this point marijuana was removed from the public eye, and heavy users included poor Negroes, migrant Mexicans, and Jazz Musicians (Himmelstein 3).
Currently, drugs remain high on the lists of concerns of Americans and are considered one of the major problems facing our count...