“Oh, you mean like William Randolf Hearst, who didn’t want hemp to compete with his paper mills?”
Not to mention drug companies. Pot was being made illegal worldwide during the late 1800’s because opium salesmen were wanted to rid themselves of a competitor, a cheap, make it yourself competitor. Anyone can grow pot like any flower and many in the pharm and chemical companies were thinking pot was taking the profit away from “regulated” drugs.
Yes,and Dupont made nylon. We made rope for ships, cowboys and evrything else from hemp. Dupont wanted it banned so we had to buy their rope and cloth made from nylon.
I have read that you can't get high from hemp. I don't know but it is supposed to be different.