How Americans Really Feel About Drugs

[RainDog]

4. Women are the ones who deal with issues of children most often

and the propaganda against cannabis constantly focuses on the fear of danger to children.

of course, we think it's possible to sort out acceptable actions for adults v. children in many other ways.. driving a car, voting, drinking alcohol, getting married...

women also tend to be more religious than men across societies. at least one person relates this to a greater number of risk-averse females - when religions in a society are more punitive (i.e. fundamentalisms of any type) more women are religious. when it's not considered risky to be non-religious (such as societies with religions w/o concepts of hell) the risk aversion for women decreases.

so, considering the level of propaganda, women might be viewed as engaging in risk-averse behavior to support prohibition because of their fears for their children.

the answer seems to be more accurate information.