[Texaggie79]

Well, do you actually believe that the FED narcotics act was simply a power grab? That the congressmen of that time simply wanted to CONTROL our lives?

[MrLeRoy]

Well, do you actually believe that the FED narcotics act was simply a power grab?

It seems the likeliest explanation.

That the congressmen of that time simply wanted to CONTROL our lives?

Some wanted control, others were taken in by bogus arguments, and still others knew it was wrong but didn't want to rock the boat---same old story.

[dcwusmc]

Actually, yes, it WAS a power grab. AND an effort to control the lives of various minority groups. If you look at the rhetoric and the rationale for the various laws, you can see that specific groups were targeted with each set of controls. The Chinese (smokable opium); Indians (Peyote); Blacks (Heroin, initially, pot later); Mexicans (Pot, cocaine) and so on and so forth, ad nauseum... Since Nixon, it has spread to be control over ALL our lives. Actually, since LBJ's LEAA, THEN Tricky Dick's drug kingpins....