It&#x27;s got a longer history than that. A century ago cocaine was stuff that made black men want to rape white women and not even bullets to the heart could stop them.<p>This article has a link to news story from the time, titled &quot;Negro Cocaine &#x27;Fiends&#x27; Are a New Southern Menace: Murder and Insanity Increasing Among Lower Class Blacks Because They Have Taken to &#x27;Sniffing.&#x27;&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;m.huffpost.com&#x2F;us&#x2F;entry&#x2F;2384624" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;m.huffpost.com&#x2F;us&#x2F;entry&#x2F;2384624</a><p>Or in the twenties:<p><i>&quot;Under marijuana Mexicans [become] very violent, especially when they become angry and will attack an officer even if a gun is drawn on him. They seem to have no fear. I have also noted that under the influence of this weed they have enormous strength and it will take several men to handle one man while, under ordinary circumstances, one man could handle him with ease.&quot;</i>