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GREENUSA HALL OF SHAME

4TH MOST SHAMEFUL

Nancy Reagan

First Lady 1981-89

Mrs. Reagan misled an entire generation about the dynamics of addiciton

3rd MOST SHAMEFUL

Richard Nixon

President 1969-1974

Even after Prohibition had been proven a flop, he started the "War on Drugs."

2nd MOST SHAMEFUL

William Randolph Hearst

Publishing Tycoon

Owned massive amounts of timberland.  Destroyed the hemp industry to make more profits

#1 MOST SHAMEFUL

Harry Anslinger

Head of Bureau of Narcotics

An extreme racist and paranoid, he convinced the USA that marijuana was dangerous and immoral.  His paranoid, delusional rants had a sexual/racial component, basically: "if you let your wife smoke cannabis she will have sex with dark men."
 

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