Before marijuana was criminalized in 1937, the Federal Bureau Of Narcotics teamed up with media mogul William Randolph Hearst, who had business interest against hemp, to trick Americans into believing that cannabis was evil. They used yellow journalism and exploitation films, often based on racism and not science, to make their ridiculous case.
Here are 13 examples of anti-marijuana propaganda from the 1930s that are wrong on every level:
