Why is marijuana illegal? How the 1933 Ybor City ax murders bolstered case to criminalize cannabis

A madman who may have been high on marijuana when he killed five members of his Ybor City family with an ax before escaping from a mental institution and eventually committing suicide set the stage for banning the use of cannabis.

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