bittersweet81
Senior member
WHY??????????????????????????????????????????????
I don't get it.
I don't get it.
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Why is Marijuana Illegal???????
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Because it's unsafe to drive without a seatbelt. That has nothing to do with marijuana.
BitterSweet: It's illegal mainly because of racism in the 20s and 30s, from what I have heard. Jazz musicians were the ones smoking it most of the time, as well as Mexicans. Also, the cotton industry saw hemp as a threat to their livelihood and lobbied to have marijuana/hemp outlawed.
NOTE: I don't know for sure. If anyone has the honest facts, I'd be interested to hear them.
http://www.earthgreen.org/hemp.htm
But in the early 1900?s, as the paper industry grew, it came to a crossroads, needing to choose between hemp and trees as its primary source of pulp. If the hemp plant was chosen, the logging industry would be threatened with financial ruin.
William Hearst, owner of a large timber company and many newspapers printed from tree-derived paper, started a campaign to stop hemp. He filled his newspapers with stories portraying hemp as a drug used by ?criminals and minorities.? Hearst used the Mexican slang word ?marijuana? instead if ?hemp? to help change its image from the all-American plant to an evil drug ?used by minorities. Hearst was joined by Du Pont and several other companies that saw a potential for profit in outlawing hemp. For Hearst and his enormous timber company, making hemp illegal was attractive because it guaranteed an enormous market for paper made from wood. For Du Pont, making hemp illegal would eliminate the stiffest competition for the company?s new synthetic fabrics, such as nylon. Because of their efforts, people became afraid of this ?dangerous drug,? and hemp became illegal. In the process, many potential benefits to our society were also lost.
The fact that some forms of the hemp plant also produce a psychoactive substance (THC) should not blind us to the tremendous benefits this plant can provide. Hemp can be grown without any THC, making it pharmacologically inert and completely undesirable to smoke.
Edit: Forgot the link
But in the early 1900?s, as the paper industry grew, it came to a crossroads, needing to choose between hemp and trees as its primary source of pulp. If the hemp plant was chosen, the logging industry would be threatened with financial ruin.
William Hearst, owner of a large timber company and many newspapers printed from tree-derived paper, started a campaign to stop hemp. He filled his newspapers with stories portraying hemp as a drug used by ?criminals and minorities.? Hearst used the Mexican slang word ?marijuana? instead if ?hemp? to help change its image from the all-American plant to an evil drug ?used by minorities. Hearst was joined by Du Pont and several other companies that saw a potential for profit in outlawing hemp. For Hearst and his enormous timber company, making hemp illegal was attractive because it guaranteed an enormous market for paper made from wood. For Du Pont, making hemp illegal would eliminate the stiffest competition for the company?s new synthetic fabrics, such as nylon. Because of their efforts, people became afraid of this ?dangerous drug,? and hemp became illegal. In the process, many potential benefits to our society were also lost.
The fact that some forms of the hemp plant also produce a psychoactive substance (THC) should not blind us to the tremendous benefits this plant can provide. Hemp can be grown without any THC, making it pharmacologically inert and completely undesirable to smoke.
Edit: Forgot the link
Originally posted by: Vic
Oh damn! And here I am without my prescription for alcohol 😛
idiot.
Alcohol was illegal too at one point. Look how well that worked, before the US government caved in and revoked it.
Has anyone ever died from smoking pot? No.
Has anyone ever died from drinking? Hmmmmm.....
bittersweet81
Senior member
Yeah your right. If you havn't seen the movie "Grass" narrated by Woody Harrelson I would recommend it. Covers a lot of the bull sh*t politics that has kept it illegal through the years.
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