The original ban was pushed by big business that was afraid that hemp fiber and the products that could be made from hemp would compete with their new synthetic fibers. Additionally one of the newspaper kings was pushing for its ban because he owned gazillions of acres of timber that was under production for pulp, and hemp would have cut into that business. So, they demonized anything with THC in it, and got growing it made illegal.
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Originally Posted by Probono
It is illegal in the US because it was used a method of deporting Mexican workers during the depression in the 1930's. Richard Nixon forced the current US drug laws to make it a major offense federally. The US forced many other countries into making it illegal if they wanted handouts. All politics, all the time.
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