The Mexican hypothesis debunked: How marijuana really came to the US

 The Mexican hypothesis debunked: How marijuana really came to the US

The idea that marijuana use was introduced and spread across the US by immigrants from Mexico is widely accepted, but the evidence actually supporting this is dubious

Popular media amplified concerns about the dangers of marijuana and linked the drug to Mexican immigrants, as seen in this article from The Ogden Standard from September 1915
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