[Lady Jag]

They even removed cannabis products from the museums

That's tantamount to Hitler's burning books!   Why all that for a weed so prolific that it will grow in a desert?   Could it be . . . money?

[mugs99]

Could it be . . . money?

Lot's of money! In the paper industry alone, cannabis would put the DuPont chemical process wood pulp mills out of business.
Hemp produces ten tons per acre in 4 months...That's 4 times the amount of paper per acre than 20 year old trees! Paper produced from wood pulp is toxic. Hemp paper is not. That's why hemp paper is still produced for coffee filters, tea bags and cigarette paper.
That's just the paper industry. Hemp kills the competition in textiles and chemicals too!
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