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RE: So this is why I think Weed/Marijuana should be illegal
Yo. Interesting.
What else made it "shady" back then though? Did it just make people lazy, hungry and stuff? Did it cause people to act irrationally and commit crimes? That'd have been the factor I guess.
How would the production of weed allow farmers all over to live a stable life?
These documentaries tell what made cannabis and hemp illegal.
Cannabis and Hemp are two very different strains on cannabis plant. Marijuana was a mexican tobacco that made people crazy. Mexicans were a problem then. A prohibionist Harry J. Anslinger wanted to make cannabis look bad so he started to call cannabis as marijuana to connect it to the mexican crazy tobacco.
This picture shows why hemp was also criminalized.
Hemp is so versatile, easy and cheap to produce that other industries can't compete with it. That's why it was also made illegal with cannabis. Hemp can't get you high, it doesn't have THC in it.
This is the biggest reason why cannabis was made illegal. Pharmaceutical industry can't sell you extremely expensive drugs when you can treat yourself with cannabis.
Nice. Thanks for sharing.
Weed grows very fast. In a normal season one can grow it almost three times. Think about all the yield. Feeding the livestock would be no problem. Cow and chicken really love those leafs and seeds.
The seeds could be used to make oil, bread and even milk. You don't need to buy pesticides or any commercial seeds from Monsanto.
What made it shady back then? Effective mass media marketing/propaganda. Just like those ads about smoking some kinds of cigarettes is highly advised by doctors. With proper marketing one can rule the world.
Noted. Wouldn't know about ruling the world though.