The History of Canada’s Drug Laws: Racism, Moral Panic and Refer Madness

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

Curiouscast

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Episode 263: Approaching the week of 4/20, cannabis enthusiasts worldwide are preparing for a unique celebration. However, it’s essential to acknowledge the dark history of cannabis prohibition in Canada and the USA. The criminalization of cannabis wasn’t based on scientific evidence of its harmful effects or widespread health concerns but was fuelled by moral panic, racism, and xenophobia. It served as a tool to maintain a rigid social hierarchy, where those in power and privilege oppressed and marginalized those considered inferior. The ‘war on drugs’ transformed into a ‘war on cannabis,’ ultimately becoming a war on minorities in both countries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Mike here, I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Dark Poutine early and add free on Amazon music, included with Prime.
0:19.1	Oh look, it's Dark Poutine time!
0:22.0	Once more.
0:23.0	Once more, and again, I am Mike Brown and that's Matthew Stockton.
0:27.3	Hello.
0:28.0	How are you?
0:29.0	10 out of 10 thing.
0:30.0	10 out of 10.
0:31.0	Well, you know, I'm about 9 and a half out of 10.
0:34.0	What would put you over that last half a percentage?
0:37.0	Get rid of this gas.
0:39.0	Oh nice. Don't be doing it warm in this dirty place.
0:41.0	Exactly.
0:42.0	Exactly.
0:43.0	Oh God.
0:44.0	This episode is a little different.
0:45.0	We're tackling something that you're more familiar with, so you wrote the episode you did all the research for it.
0:51.0	I edited it.
0:52.0	But it's, it was really well done.
0:54.0	You're a good editor.
0:55.0	Well, thank you.
0:56.0	I quite enjoyed what I read too.
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