[tacticalogic]

You're right. Americans had never heard of marijuana. We were told that marijuana was a Mexican narcotic. We didn't know that marijuana was actually cannabis, a legal product that was widely sold and used across the country. The government lied to us then and the government is still lying to us today.

Indeed. Why did they pass a "Marijuana Tax Act" at a time when very few people had ever even heard the term "marijuana", but virtually everyone knew what hemp was? .

[mugs99]

Indeed. Why did they pass a "Marijuana Tax Act" at a time when very few people had ever even heard the term "marijuana", but virtually everyone knew what hemp was? .

Hemp farmers would have opposed the Marijuana Tax Act had they known "marijuana" was hemp. Even Henry Ford, who was growing hemp, was caught by surprise.

When Republicans objected on Constitutional grounds, the government even promised that the Marijuana Tax Act would not prevent citizens from growing marijuana for their personal use.
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