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Adam Ruins Everything - The Sinister Reason Weed is Illegal

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What it is

An Adam Ruins Everything segment arguing that political motives, including Nixon's, lay behind making marijuana illegal. It mixes comedy with history.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited in cannabis and drug-war threads as an eye-opening look at the political reasons for criminalization.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “What I found pretty eye-opening in the sense of "Oh wow, that's so obvious”

    Eye-opening on political reasons for criminalizing weed

    klingonopera, 2020-03 · Recommendation · in “Malawi legalises the growing, selling and export of cannabis”

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Topics: drug war, cannabis, nixon, adam conover, history

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