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20. It was banned because of Dupont and Hearst

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #6)

Sat Jul 7, 2012, 07:53 PM

Jul 2012

And cheap fiber and cheap paper. That's it. They used the specter of rampaging Black and Hispanic men to demonize cannabis, including using the term "marijuana" to link it closer to "Criminal Mexicans." And, of course, we cannot forget "Reefer Madness."

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