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For hundreds of years, cannabis was a revered plant in the United States — valued for its many and varied uses. But in the early 20th Century, it suffered a blow to its public image that turned it from miracle plant to “smoke of hell.”
Why all the hubbub? Here’s a great look back at cannabis’s sudden fall from grace.