I know that sounds really extreme, but if you just look at the history, you will find Harry Anslinger [first U.S. commissioner of the Bureau of Narcotics] going on about satanic swing and how reefer will make black people think they're as good as white people - which to him, obviously, was a very horrible outcome. This is the basis of our drug laws.
![I know that sounds really extreme, but if you just look at the history, you will find Harry Anslinger [first U.S. commissioner of the Bureau of Narcotics] going on about satanic swing and how reefer will make black](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/maia-szalavitz/i-know-that-sounds-really-extreme-but-if-you-just-look-at-the-history-you-will-find-harry-anslinger-first.jpg)