The Evolution of a Myth: What Drug is Known as the Assassin of the Youth?
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In the 1930s, U.S. drug czar Harry J. Anslinger propagated the idea that marijuana was a dangerous substance, leading to tragic outcomes for young people, and even co-authored an article claiming the drug was an "assassin of youth". While the term originally served as moral panic propaganda against cannabis, modern pharmacology and current overdose statistics point to far more dangerous substances as the true threats to today's youth.
