Cannabis Time Capsule, 1923: Mexico Decries North American Dope Smugglers William Breathes - Westword
go to original February 21, 2015

Some things don’t change. Like, for example, the flow of “dope” over the Mexican border into the United States as this April 23, 1923 Telluride Daily Journal article illustrates.

Yes, Americans have been wanting to get high and Mexico has been supplying our habits for a century or so. But somehow, it’s always been Mexico’s problem to solve and we’ve always ignored the fact that without the demand here, there wouldn’t be the need for supply from south of the border.

Apparently, the “dope” coming over the border wasn’t pot – it was heroin. And despite all of the promises of the Mexican president, the flow of it wasn’t ever truly stopped. In fact, with American prohibition – it only got worse. The article talks about American bootleggers of liquor who had switched over to importing drugs instead of distilling booze as the profit margins were much, much higher.

Which, sadly, is the same story we have today.

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