If you grew up in the 80's or 90's you were probably taught to believe that the war on drugs was created to keep you safe from the dangers of drugs, namely marijuana. What you probably wouldn't know is that the criminalization and fight against the natural substance is actually founded on outright racist beliefs and lies. In today's 420 episode of Social Discord we look at how one man almost single handedly criminalized cannabis through harsh racial bias and propaganda, how the government was able to determine the legality of something it knew almost nothing about, and what would inevitably lead to the first medicinal legalization of cannabis in California. Hosted by Daylen Turk and Curtis Medina.Intro/Outro music is Hippie Bulle - Stoned Funghi (ID 213) by Checkie Brown, used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivitives Licensing

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Though the phrase cancel culture may be a contemporary turn of phrase, the practice is just the opposite in many ways. It part 2 of our series on cancel culture and censorship we take a look at the history of censorship and public shaming and discuss the similarities to what we see today in pop culture. We'll evaluate circumstances of individuals like Dave Chapelle, Joe Rogan and Louis C.K. who faced cancel culture head on and debate the validity of their scrutiny. Is wokeness an altruistic effort my the public or is it misguided by social biases? Hosted by Daylen Turk and Curtis Medina.

Intro/Outro music is Hippie Bulle - Stoned Funghi (ID 213) by Checkie Brown, used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivitives Licensing

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"You're canceled", the words so many in the public eye now fear to hear from the seemingly infinite populous of the Twittersphere. As cancel culture and Wokeness take over popular culture it brings into question the validity of the progressivism behind the movement: is censorship the true pathway to progressive thought? In this episode Curtis and Daylen have an in depth discussion about cancel culture and the impact it may have on American culture, the history of Wokeness itself and what censorship looks like for different people, like the banning of books. Hosted by Daylen Turk and Curtis Medina.

Intro/Outro music is Hippie Bulle - Stoned Funghi (ID 213) by Checkie Brown, used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivitives Licensing

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Checkie_Brown_1005/2019022133151294/Hippie_Bulle_-_Stoned_Funghi_ID_213