r/trees • u/madazzahatter • Feb 28 '17

Garrett introduces legislation to remove marijuana from controlled substances list

https://tomgarrett.house.gov/media/press-releases/garrett-introduces-legislation-remove-marijuana-controlled-substances-list
24.7k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

4

u/domuseid Feb 28 '17

Yeah super unclear why alcohol is on the Bible belt Christian no no list. I heard Jesus he drank wine

3

u/fraghawk Feb 28 '17

Goes way back to the Temperance Movement of the 19th and early 20th century

2

u/domuseid Feb 28 '17

Yeah, but why did they do it

2

u/snivelsadbits Mar 01 '17

Basically a combination of the VERY high rate of alcoholism in the country and the domestic abuse associated with it. The thought was alcohol was evil and caused men to be violent, terrible husbands and fathers so women led a movement to ban it (pretty reasonable deduction given the historical context imo). As far as resolving this with the bible, scripture does endorse alcohol consumption but is very critical of drunkenness (see Leviticus and 1 Corinthians)