Matt Walsh- “Native tribes were five thousand years behind the civilized world

MATT WALSH (HOST): Alcohol and tobacco are part of American culture. OK? Going back to the beginning of this country -- that’s one of the reasons why any effort to totally ban them has not been successful. Because it’s just -- it’s an ingrained part of American culture. Tobacco in particular has helped to build this country from the very beginning, and so did alcohol. Now, I’m not saying that this is a definitive reason to not ban them, but it is a reason to not ban them. And it’s a pretty good one, actually. Tradition matters. History matters. Those are part of our culture. Marijuana, historically, is not. Now, somebody brought up that Native Americans -- you know, Native Americans smoked, and so it is part of American heritage. And, you know, I think it’s true that Indian tribes had marijuana. Now, as far -- I could be wrong. I haven’t done a lot of research on this because I don’t care that much, but I think that it was introduced -- I don’t think that they had it, you k