January 17, 2018

Republican lawmaker says marijuana should be illegal because of African American ‘genetics’

https://thinkprogress.org/kansas-rep-marijuana-african-americans-eff0ace5d0b0/
"Alford is referring to beliefs first propagated by Harry Anslinger, the founding commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, who was critical in helping to pass the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, which heavily regulated and taxed a previously booming industry."