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Cannabis was made Illegal, not because of THC, but rather because of Hemp. NYT 1941 (media.patriots.win)
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– Harambe 5 points ago +5 / -0

Trump legalized hemp

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– clottin_eye_joe 4 points ago +4 / -0

I believe DuPont was the biggest competitor to hemp with nylon, which pushed the need for it being illegal, the rest was just propaganda

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– Cuzyoudbeinjail 2 points ago +2 / -0

I think the cotton gin helped as well. Or just big cotton. It initially wasn't about thc

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– hilboggins 3 points ago +3 / -0

Good thing trump legalized Hemp in 2018

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