• vaultdweller013
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    8 days ago

    Arguably it goes back to the end prohibition era and the outlawing of marijuana.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      And the marijuana stuff leads back to both the tobacco and wood fiber industries. Cannabis is a threat to tobacco, and hemp is a threat to darn near everything wood fiber is used for. That one even more so because it grows so dramatically faster than a new forest.

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        7 days ago

        I have heard of this. I remember reading once that sailing ships used hemp for their cloth because it was plentiful and durable. No idea where I saw that though

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      7 days ago

      Definitely, but he was the one with the campaign that was named, or became known as “the war on drugs,” unless I’m tripping