Weekly journal miner,
April 16, 1919
Titled: Fighting Weed Vendor gets stiff Jolt
Chances are if I asked even an enlightened audience who was the first arrest for marijuana in the United States? 99.9% would get the picture of poor Samuel R. Caldwell running through their heads… Not so…
Samuel R. Caldwell arrested in 1937 for selling 2 joints
Samuel R. Caldwell was the first arrest in a National War on drugs in 1937 but the war was already being fought long before…
Many states had laws outlawing cannabis prior to the National campaign with the Marijuana Tax Act in 1937. New York was the first to add Cannabis to a poison bill making it regulated for a short time in 1860. Much later California added Cannabis to their poison bill making it illegal in 1913. By 1930, 30 states had cannabis laws on the books. The War was already started when poor Caldwell was made an example of…
I have to wonder what Mr. Cochon looked like…
Weekly journal miner, April 16, 1919
