Name: Adam Ruins Everything - The Sinister Reason Weed is Illegal
Uploaded: 2019-04-13T09:07:31.000Z
Duration: 5 min 55 s
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Weed's gonna kill us, it's a gateway drug.

Oh, no, for most people,  weed is essentially harmless.

Counting deaths from  the substance alone,

marijuana can get you hooked  on harder substances.

Yeah, educators have been saying that for years,

Now, that doesn't mean    that it's perfectly safe.

smoking weed can lead   to memory problems

and your brain    has finished developing,

Adam, wrong way.   Also, not in a school.

and you use it in moderation,  weed is no big deal.

And, in fact, humans have been using it for millennia.

Humans started growing cannabis    as a crop

This crop will feed our family   for a year,

and this crop  will make movies way funnier.

(Adam)    In 440 BCE,    Herodotus wrote about

the ancient tradition of cannabis steam baths.

Professor Horkorium's Rejuvenating Tincture!

I mean, there must be some reason we banned it.

Our funding has been cut!  They'll shut me down

if I don't find   a new chemical to demonize.

Let's see, what are people  scared of for no good reason?

Marijuana makes Mexicans thirst for white blood.

a propaganda campaign    against the drug,

(Adam)    Soon, the "Marijuana    causes violence" meme

was everywhere, from  newspapers to movies...

Just a young boy. Under the influence of the drug,

he killed his entire family  with an axe.

Why would he just say the words, "Nazi propaganda"?

could put you away   from two to ten years.

the government knew Anslinger's claims were false.

Scientists proved marijuana  wasn't connected to violence

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Adam Ruins Everything - The Sinister Reason Weed is Illegal

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