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It is the same exact species of plant. Cannabis Sativa, Cannabis Indica or a hybrid of the two. Even industrialized hemp has psychoactive tops that were often made into medicine. In the years before the ban, drug makers like Bayer, Merck and Bristol were patenting many hemp-based medications. Due to the new technology, hemp preparations were now affordable for the masses and began to threaten the opium industry.

“Marihuana” was a evil-sounding Mexican slang word picked up by the anti-hemp lobby to outlaw hemp under the radar. Read the text of the 1937 Senate debate on the “marihuana stamp act”. Most of the people that read about the bill had no idea it was hemp. The testimonies on “marihuana” were obvious lies based on what we know today. For example, the government's narcotic expert testified that he “injected” numerous dogs with the “active ingedient in marihuana” and most of them died. We now know there is no deadly dose AND the fat-soluble chemicals cannot be made into an inject-able form. He also testified that one puff made someone psychotic for life. Obvious 100% lies.

Numerous medical and industrial experts testified on the benefits of hemp so a “compromise” was reached to tax rather than outlaw. Due to the rise in hemp production and more advanced chemistry, its medical use was also increasing.

The only problem was the government never issued tax stamps so all hemp became illegal except during WW2. The government shut down a whole industry by simply refusing to accept taxes on something that must be taxed.

Crony capitalism at its finest. It's sad to see so many so called FREEpers falling for it...