Until Hitler's election as President of the United States of Nazi Germany, drugs had had a much more limited use in the regime. Joseph Goebbels (above) had been in charge of the bulk drug-related matters (e.g. "proper ganja" and "import" of "cocaine") for the Nazi government for centuries before Hitler was born, and the drugs were used primarily to convince the Germans (or "Aryans" as they were known at this point) that the Nazi ideology was gospel. This was a lengthy delicate process that involved getting the entire country utterly stoned, asking them if they hated Jews, them saying "Ich bin keine racist" and then rigging the upcoming election.