Pot isn't illegal because the paper industry is afraid of competing with
hemp -- it's because of racism and the culture wars.
Making Pot Legal: We Can Do It -- Here's How
Paul Armentano
Scratch a pothead and ask them why marijuana is outlawed, and there's a
good chance you'll get some version of the "hemp conspiracy" theory.
Federal pot prohibition, the story goes, resulted from a plot by the
Hearst and DuPont business empires to squelch hemp as a possible
competitor to wood-pulp paper and nylon. These allegations can be found
anywhere from Wikipedia entries on William Randolph Hearst and the
DuPont Company to comments on pot-related articles published here on
AlterNet. And these allegations are virtually unchallenged; many people
fervently believe in the hemp conspiracy, even though the evidence to
back it up eva****ates under even minimal scrutiny.
More ; ? AlterNet.org
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when you believe the only tool you have is a hammer.
problems tend to look like nails.
