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>hemp's industrial value was the reason it was made illegal 100 years ago Do you have a source for this? I would like to investigate this angle further.
by UI_at_80x24 8y ago
>hemp's industrial value was the reason it was made illegal 100 years ago
Do you have a source for this? I would like to investigate this angle further.
- robotbikes 8y agoJack Herer's book 'The Emperor Wears No Clothes' highlights this and is the source for a lot of the pro-hemp sentiment. It is also available online, here is a link to the chapter that highlights the paper industry lobbying to make hemp illegal - https://jackherer.com/emperor-3/chapter-4/ https://jackherer.com/emperor-3/chapter-4/
- smaddox 8y agoWow... That is pretty convincing and damning...
- kakarot 8y agoI second this book. Every single page is enlightening. It's a pity that some people relegate this to a "conspiracy" when the concerted effort to make cannabis illegal in the early 20th century was very open and well-documented.
- nashashmi 8y agoIt's a popular story in conspiracy circles. That various industries tried to ban hemp tp favor their own materials as a more performant substitute.
- wavefunction 8y agoIf the substitutes were more performant at acceptable costs then one might think they would have been adopted naturally.