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Musicians and cannabis in the twentieth century. https://lithub.com/the-scent-of-rebellion-how-cannabis-became-the-drug-of-choice-for-the-counterculture/ '[Louis] Armstrong found that cannabis not only put him in the right mood for playing music but also helped him cope with the daily indignities of racial segregation, which limited where Black Americans could walk, talk, drink, rest, or eat ... Armstrong once told white music producer John Hammond, who disapproved of cannabis: “It relaxes you, makes you forget all the bad things that happen to a Negro.”