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IS IT THE "WAR ON DRUGS"
OR A "WAR ON BLACKS"?

DARE TO KNOW
the truth about the origin of the Anti-Medical Marihuana Laws
War On Black

Were Oklahoma’s anti-Medical Marihuana laws racist in origin?   The answer seems to be YES.

And while there is much room for debate, what is 100 percent certain is exactly who was being arrested (aka targeted) under the new laws; -- BLACKS AND MEXICANS.   Need proof, -- As per the archives of “The Oklahoman” (a major newspaper) below is a short (but complete) listing of ALL Oklahomans arrested (1930-1940) for violating the newly passed marihuana laws.   NOTE the ethnicity of the names of those arrested.   Also note that no guesses are being taken when the word [Negro] appears after the name of the arrested person – the newspaper article made mention of the fact.

Note:   To the best of our knowledge, ALL arrests (made within Oklahoma), as noted in "The Oklahoman", have been cataloged.

AS PER THE NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES OF “THE OKLAHOMAN”:

DATE: NAME:
Dec. 13, 1931 p.11 Alfred Torres
Jan. 15, 1933 p.20 Maria Flores
Atilano Deanda
Frank Reyes
J.B. Coleman
O. Pirea
Leo Mathews
Charles Garcia
Feb. 08, 1933 p.6 Louise Fowler
John Fareles
March 04, 1933 p.7 Raymond Orto
Eliaro Orto
May 06, 1933 p.1 J.E. Duran
July 09, 1933 p.10 Oren Lewis
Aug. 06, 1933 p.30 Jesse E. Duran
Aug. 17, 1933 p.8 Will Smith [Negro]
Dec. 29, 1933 p.2 Earl Lovelace
Jan. 08, 1934 p.11 John A. Butler
J. E. White
July 14, 1934 p.5 John Fraclas
Medardo Varismendez
Jan. 04, 1935 p.15 Rita LaZano
Ramon Rivera
John Ortega
Jan. 08, 1935 p.19 Johnnie Lopez
Jan. 19, 1935 p.4 Raymon Rivera
[freed on a writ of habeas corpus]
March 06, 1935 p.18 Joe Romera
Ramon Martinez
May 09, 1935 p.24 Ira E. Hubartt
June 15, 1935 p.3 Homer Gregg
Oct. 23, 1935 p.1 Clara Underwood
July 19, 1936 p.24 J.H. Noel
Nov. 12, 1936 p.1 Joe Franke
Dec. 06, 1936 p.31 Rito Lozano
Dec. 06, 1936 p.31 Jose Franco
March 12, 1937 p.12 Louise Lawson [Negro]
April 30, 1937 p.4 Jack Lucero
George Wade [Negro]
May 04, 1937 p.18 L.B. Sepeda [Mexican]
June 23, 1937 p.4 Ray Johnoson [Negro]
Aug. 10, 1937 p.18 Joe Lopez
Bonnie Antlope
Oct. 24, 1937 p.28 Rito Lozana
Nov. 07, 1937 p.20 Eugene H. willis
Tom M. Epperson
Dec. 22, 1937 p.17 Martir Rmairez
March 02, 1938 p.18 Pete Gonzales
April 20, 1938 p.18 Lonzo Lundy [Negro]
Charles Thomas [Negro]
May 24, 1938 p.12 Robert [otah] Hall
June 10, 1938 p.1 [no name given - Mexicans ID]
June 11, 1938 p.3 Joe Adams
Luis Perez
Sept. 27, 1938 p.15 [no name given Negros']
Oct. 06, 1938 p.15 [no name given Tulsa Negros']
Nov. 20, 1938 p.32 Leroy Grayson [Negro]
Leonard Grayson [Negro]
Moses Williams [Negro]
Nov. 25, 1938 p.13 Bud Grady Hunt [white guy]
Dec. 06, 1938 p.1 Olice Mitchell [Negro]
Dec. 23, 1938 p.18 Floyd Bill Fox
July 06, 1939 p.15 Eugene V. Beals
March 26, 1940 Charles Black [Negro]
March 30, 1940 p.7 Francisco Manuel Rodriguez


NAME TOTALS
Mexican sounding 29
White people sounding 18
Black (as mentioned) 11


Again, whether this was intended as a racist law or not is debatable, but judging from those last names, it sure sounds like racism to most of us.

NOTES:
Obviously, some spelling errors (regarding the names) either originally by the paper or by the transcriber have been made.   Also Rito Lozana (who was one of Harry Anslinger’s Gore File cases) is counted 3 times as he was arrested 3 times.


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