Why Canada Made Marijuana Illegal: Catherine Carstairs on CBC
Canada made marijuana illegal 94 years ago and no one's sure why
Ninety-four years ago Canada became one of the first countries to ban a substance virtually no one was using. A University of Guelph professor who penned a book on the history of illegal drugs in Canada says after nearly a century of marijuana prohibition, no one is really sure why it was made illegal in the first place.
"We don't actually know," Dr. Catherine Carstairs told The Morning Edition host Craig Norris Tuesday.