Photographs from 1969 of America’s War on Drugs

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Juxtapoz Magazine – Photographs from 1969 of America’s War on Drugs

With Colorado legalizing recreational Marijuana this year, we take a look back at the October 1969, LIFE cover story titled, “MARIJUANA: At…

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‘Across 10 full pages, intermingling opinion, photography and reportage, LIFE took a hard look at pot smoking in the U.S., but waded deep into the debate — already heated then — of whether or not the country’s Draconian marijuana statues were doing more harm than good.’