The History behind Marijuana / Hemp The History behind Marijuana / Hemp

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There's an interesting story line behind how pot became illegal and the hysteria behind it, it's worth reading."<br>
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Cotton Farmers in the early 1900's felt threatened by the Hemp Fiber Industry. Same with Large Newspapers and Oil Industry.<br>
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A guy patented a super-efficient Hemp Processing machine and fiber source......he and his machine went missing.<br>
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in 1936, a church group were behind financing and promoting the propaganda film "Reefer Madness" .<br>
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<a rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefer_Madness" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefer_Madness</a> <br>
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In 1938 Hemp was touted as in Popular Mechanics as the next Billion Dollar industry.<br>
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<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a19876318/popular-mechanics-billion-dollar-hemp/" target="_blank">https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a19876318/popular-mechanics-billion-dollar-hemp/</a><br>
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Hemp goes back thousands and thousands of years.<br>
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Interesting read from MIT university here. Facts and Data vs TrumpFakeDrugNews<br>
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<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.mit.edu/~thistle/v13/2/history.html" target="_blank">https://www.mit.edu/~thistle/v13/2/history.html</a><br>
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To All - Discuss the History and Big Business Business interference,
without it degrading into all about getting high and stoners from
highschool or other social problems like opiods or booze.<br>
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Big Business = Power, Money, Control.
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