For more reading on exactly why BigCo wanted cannabis to be illegal, see the book ”The Emperor Wears No Clothes” by Jack Herer: https://jackherer.com/emperor-3/

For more reading on exactly why BigCo wanted cannabis to be illegal, see the book ”The Emperor Wears No Clothes” by Jack Herer: https://jackherer.com/emperor-3/chapter-1/ https://jackherer.com/emperor-3/chapter-1/ It is a rather long read, but to summarise, cannabis prohibition has roots in the industrialising 19th century where it could have competed with cotton and wood pulp. It was banned by employing racist imagery to turn people who had never even heard of ”marijuana” against hemp.