My feelings are summed up here:
5 Pro-Marijuana Arguments that Aren't Helping
Nobody gives a rip about hemp products. Nobody gives a rip about hemp versus paper. That's such a stupid argument. It's like saying that people who have trees on their property are threats to the paper industry. What a pant load.
The only reason, the ONLY reason, there is EVEN any argument is that pot smoking degenerates WANT to get high without fear of being illegal or being thought of as pot smoking degenerates.
In many ways the pro-pot lobby is like the homosexual lobby. Both want to engage in behavior that is harmful and socially unacceptable. They both pull out all kinds of crap to obscure the fact that they want to engage in behavior that is harmful and socially unacceptable. They both work very hard to brainwash and propagandize others into thinking that what they want to do isn't harmful and socially unacceptable.
Gee...homosexuality has been around for thousands of years.
Geee...pot has been around for thousands of years.
Gee...homosexuality was everywhere around and nobody cared until Christianity propagandized against it.
Gee...pot was everywhere around and nobody cared until big paper propagandized against it.
Gee....homosexuals are loving and accepting community members in all stratas of society...
Gee...pot smokers are loving and accepting community members in all strata of society....
Gee...some of our founding fathers were homosexuals.
Gee...some of our founding fathers smoked dope and grew hemp.
And so on and so forth. Pro-pot proponents ALWAYS use the tactics of the left. Demonize big business, make an emotional argument and tear down American institutions.
No emotions, just give me ONE FACT. The only argument I ever hear is "I saw/knew some dopers and they seemed like degenerates. I knew some kid who smoked pot and became a loser. I knew a guy who was high and killed his wife. Look at all those dirty hippies smoking in the park. I don't want everyone to be like that! Pot is satan's herb and destroys all spirits!". This is not scientific and does not prove pot causes anything. PURE 100% EMOTION without scientific method.
The only reason most pot smokers you meet are degenerates is because you have NO CLUE about the ones who are not. Successful pot consumers cannot speak about it due to this propaganda and stigma people like you perpetuate. I know extremely successful people who have used pot for decades but they can only tell very close people. It is the equivalent of a glass of wine or cig after work (but even safer). Nobody in a work or family environment will speak of it due to stigma.
The anti-hemp propaganda is supported by law enforcement, designer drug, alcohol and cotton industries. It is a complete 100% lie to keep certain people rich.
"Nobody gives a rip about hemp products. Nobody gives a rip about hemp versus paper. That's such a stupid argument. It's like saying that people who have trees on their property are threats to the paper industry. What a pant load."
I didn't say hemp products will revolutionize the country like many dumb hippies. I'm only saying that is the reason it was illegally and secretly outlawed in 1937. Because of money, not safety.
You'd give a HUGE rip if you stood to lose BILLIONS and your entire business from competition. One person with plants on their property or a small niche farmer is no threat but entire fields with mechanized production is a HUGE threat when the competitor's production economics are obviously far superior. For example, it might cost you $100 to output a ton of cotton fiber but hemp with the new technology now comes in at only $40. Do you think they would just give up their entire industry so easily? No, they buy lawmakers to keep making money.
The opium and designer drug industry sure gives a rip too. Opium is highly addictive, toxic and expensive to grow. Hemp can be grown by idiots indoors and can treat many of the same ailments as opiates. In the 1930s it was sold by drug makers like Bayer as a safe, non addictive alternative. With the new processing machine, it was becoming cheaper than opium too. Opium was also facing more regulation due to the Harrison Act so they had to level the field.
It's just simple economics and plenty of people had fortunes to lose.