ABOUT THIS EPISODE
In This Episode I give you a deep dive into all the facets of what truly lead to the "WAR ON DRUGS" next Ill have a shorter part 2, on The Gore Files and Harry J
🎙️ Episode References & Source List🧠 1. Harry Anslinger & the “Gore Files”
- U.S. Treasury Department Historical Files – Federal Bureau of Narcotics (1930–1962)
🔗 https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/170.html - “Harry Anslinger’s Gore Files” — Drug Policy Alliance Historical Archive
🔗 https://drugpolicy.org/blog/harry-anslinger-racist-war-on-drugs “Reefer Madness and the Birth of Marijuana Prohibition” — History.com
🔗 https://www.history.com/news/harry-anslinger-marijuana-prohibition- Library of Congress, Recorded Statement by H. J. Anslinger (1948)
🔗 https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1938001_afs01835a/ - “Marihuana Tax Act of 1937: Congressional Record” — U.S. National Archives
🔗 https://catalog.archives.gov/id/591747
- “A Brief History of the Drug Enforcement Administration” — DEA Official History
🔗 https://www.dea.gov/timeline - Controlled Substances Act (1970) — DEA Diversion Control Division
🔗 https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/21cfr/21usc/812.htm Nixon Presidential Library: War on Drugs Speech (1971)
🔗 https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/thewarondrugs“How the War on Drugs Began” — Brookings Institution
🔗 https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-war-on-drugs-what-it-costs-and-why/
The New Yorker (2008): Obama quote — “When I was a kid, I inhaled frequently. That was the point.”
🔗 https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/01/28/the-conscientious-objector- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services — “Public Health Service Review Eliminated” (2015 Press Release)
🔗 https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2015/06/22/hhs-streamlines-process-for-cannabis-research.html “DEA Announces New Cannabis Research Rules” — The Washington Post (Aug 2016)
🔗 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/08/11/dea-to-allow-more-marijuana-grown-for-research/Journal of Cannabis Research (2020): “Medical Cannabis Use Patterns and Outcomes in 61,000+ Patients”
🔗 https://jcannabisresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s42238-020-00027-8National Academies of Sciences — The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids (2017 Report)
🔗 https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/24625/the-health-effects-of-cannabis-and-cannabinoids
San Jose Mercury News (Gary Webb, 1996) — “Dark Alliance” original series (archived by PBS Frontline)
🔗 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/special/cia.htmlCIA Inspector General Report (Volume I & II, 1998) — Official CIA Reading Room
🔗 https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/document/06974497“Kerry Committee Report: Drugs, Law Enforcement, and Foreign Policy” (1989) — U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
🔗 https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB113/storm.htmHouse Intelligence Committee Report on Contra/CIA Allegations (2000) — Congress.gov
🔗 https://www.congress.gov/committee-report/106th-congress/house-report/1054/1
“Cresco Labs Among First Cultivation Licenses in Kentucky” — WKU Public Radio
🔗 https://www.wkyufm.org/news/2025-08-12/cresco-labs-one-of-the-first-cannabis-growers-in-ky
- Drug Policy Alliance – “Timeline of U.S. Marijuana Laws”
🔗 https://drugpolicy.org/issues/marijuana-legalization-and-regulation - Pew Research Center – “Americans Overwhelmingly Say Marijuana Should Be Legal” (2024)
🔗 https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/10/americans-overwhelmingly-say-marijuana-should-be-legal/ - Brookings Institution – “The War on Drugs: What It Costs and Why”
🔗 https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-war-on-drugs-what-it-costs-and-why/
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