You don’t think the cotton and tobacco industries saw disaster looming in marijuana/hemp remaining legal?
What are the negative effects on society? I see negative effects from making it something bought on the black market. I don’t see problems with its use. The people I know who use remain productive members of society. If I were relying on someone to get something done I would much rather they smoked weed the night before over drank alcohol.
Do you think Reefer Madness was an accurate portrayal of marijuana?
Nope. I think the issue of hemp vs. cotton is liberal propaganda. Hemp fiber is more course than cotton so there's not much demand for it in clothing. Cotton and other fibers, even man made textiles, are superior for making comfortable clothing. The market place rules. Pro-drug legalizers have seized upon using hemp products in order to further their agenda for getting high.
Tobacco: I think that most tobacco companies would be hesitant to touch smoked marijuana as a product. With tobacco they're been traditionally insulated from lawsuits, although that's changed. With pot anything goes. I bet there's lawyers licking their chops waiting for some state to legalize it. That's probably only why it's still illegal, but decriminalized. As soon as it becomes a legitimate, legalized product then lawsuits will fly.
This is going to be hard to explain to you if you're not a religious person or if you've never smoked pot, but here is why it's dangerous to society: Getting high simulates spirituality. It's a counterfeit of higher consciousness. A lie. As a consequence those who smoke it believe they are more aware, more spiritual, more in tune with creation. They are poisoning their brains. That's why the left always associates itself with marijuana. It's because they are lacking in morals and Godliness. They have no Gods but themselves but they still want to feel spiritual. And when people smoke pot they think they don't need God, his rules, his laws, his way. And they are lost.