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Crowe offers a critique of current media landscapes and political processes. He notes the consolidation of media outlets over the decades, leaving only a handful of conglomerates controlling narratives, and how independent media has paradoxically become a key counterforce that exposes inconvenient truths. Rogan and Crowe concur that propaganda—dating back to the 1930s and leveraging fear and racial stereotypes—has been instrumental in shaping perceptions around drugs like marijuana, which was demonized to serve economic interests tied to alcohol and tobacco industries.