"There are 100,000
total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics,
Philipino's and Entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing,
result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women
to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others."
-- Harry Anslinger, Commissioner
of Narcotics to Congress, why marijuana should be made illegal,
1937.
(Marijuana Tax Act, signed August 2 1937; effective Oct.1, 1937)