The history goes back way further than that. They were widely used as medicines. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cocaine_for_kids.gif https://commons.wi

The history goes back way further than that. They were widely used as medicines. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cocaine_for_kids.gif https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cocaine_for_kids.gif Wikipedia has a US timeline here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_United_States_drug_prohibition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_United_States_drug_... including taxes on marijuana as a "nuisance"