It would also have been back then, but I don’t think Mr. Anslinger and Mr. Mellon valued societal impacts higher than their personal business interests, public assertions to the contrary notwithstanding. Consider that Anslinger is the source of the “reefer madness” propaganda campaign that had serious racial implications. Where there are obvious lies there is usually obvious motive, in this case the business interests of his uncle-in-law, specifically the looming cratering of wood prices with this new development.
Again, total conspiracy theory, I don’t have sources to provide. Learned this over a decade ago and can’t find them anymore.
But wouldn’t getting four times more paper be just what we need these days?
It would also have been back then, but I don’t think Mr. Anslinger and Mr. Mellon valued societal impacts higher than their personal business interests, public assertions to the contrary notwithstanding. Consider that Anslinger is the source of the “reefer madness” propaganda campaign that had serious racial implications. Where there are obvious lies there is usually obvious motive, in this case the business interests of his uncle-in-law, specifically the looming cratering of wood prices with this new development.
Again, total conspiracy theory, I don’t have sources to provide. Learned this over a decade ago and can’t find them anymore.
It’s crazy how we can look back and see how we chose profit for one or two people over the benefit of mankind.