Propaganda is a form of communication aimed towards influencing the attitude of a population toward some cause or position. As early as the 19th century editorials were printed allying marijuana with certain minorities and going as far as linking marijuana use with violent tendencies and sexual deviance (The Union). The anti-marijuana cause continued into the 20th century and in 1936 the film Reefer Madness was born, the first propaganda film regarding marijuana. The effective negative coloring of the public’s discernment, produced by media propaganda, created attitudes that rippled across generations and established anti-marijuana laws, but with newly released and unconstrained documentaries produced by independent media propaganda has become far less
Propaganda is a form of communication aimed towards influencing the attitude of a population toward some cause or position. As early as the 19th century editorials were printed allying marijuana with certain minorities and going as far as linking marijuana use with violent tendencies and sexual deviance (The Union). The anti-marijuana cause continued into the 20th century and in 1936 the film Reefer Madness was born, the first propaganda film regarding marijuana. The effective negative coloring of the public’s discernment, produced by media propaganda, created attitudes that rippled across generations and established anti-marijuana laws, but with newly released and unconstrained documentaries produced by independent media propaganda has become far less