The American public began to take interest in the new drug menace known as marijuana
A)after a New Orleans newspaper in 1926 associated its use with crime.
B)after the 1937 movie "Reefer Madness."
C)after World War II.
D)when hippies began using it widely in the 1960s.

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The association between marijuana use and crime was first publicized in a New Orleans newspaper in 1926, which drew attention to the drug and sparked a moral panic that continued to escalate in the following years. While "Reefer Madness" contributed to the demonization of marijuana, it came out in 1936, after the drug had already gained notoriety in the public consciousness. World War II did not have a significant impact on public attitudes towards marijuana, and while the hippie counterculture helped to popularize marijuana use, it was already a well-known drug by that point.

The American Public Began to Take Interest in the New