In today's anti-drug climate, people don't want to hear abo… - Hugh Downs

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In today's anti-drug climate, people don't want to hear about the commercial potential of marijuana. The reason is that the flowering top of a female hemp plant contains a drug. But from 1842 through the 1890s a powerful concentrated extract of marijuana was the second most prescribed drug in the United States. In all that time the medical literature didn't list any of the ill effects claimed by today's drug warriors.

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Hugh Downs (born February 14, 1921, in Akron, Ohio) is a long-time American broadcaster, television host, news anchor, TV producer, author, game show host, and music composer.

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Birth Name: Hugh Malcolm Downs

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