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Originally posted by trigger_bucks
the only fact that pot isn't legal is because the governent hasn't prodcutize it yet.
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This is the farthest thing from the truth. The government pulled the plug on an incredible amount of hemp/marijuana products back in the 30's led by lobbiests for Dupont, who synthetically produced many of the items formerly from hemp. The government realized it's mistake during WWII...
http://www.crrh.org/hemptv/docs_victory.html
"Hemp for Victory" by the US Government, 1943, 14 minutes.
The US government's propaganda piece to restore hemp to help the war effort in World War II. After wiping out the hemp industry and agriculture both before and during the Great Depression, and with federal "marijuana" prohibition implemented in 1937 to help the petrochemical industry, cotton-growing states, and others, US need for fiber during WW II forces the USDA to re-introduce hemp to farmers with this film in 1943.