Reefer Madness: Government Efforts to Criminalize Marijuana

Tags: Big Government, U.S. History

04/25/2019 Chris Calton

This episode features a talk Chris Calton gave to Auburn’s Young Americans for Liberty on April 20, as part of the Reclamation of Liberties event.

In the talk, Chris offers an overview of the history of the governmental efforts to stigmatize marijuana in order to justify criminalization and draconian enforcement policies. He traces the changing narrative and strategies for propaganda to illustrate the evolution of propaganda over time, providing insight into how the government and media work together to shape public perception.

You can find the other two talks, given by Dr. Mark Thornton and Tho Bishop here.

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