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Kitchen Table Kibitzing 8/2/23: Re-Legalize It [1]

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Date: 2023-08-02  

86 years ago today was a day that should live in infamy, for that was the day cannabis became illegal.

Anslinger was a virulent racist who was also a tool of big business. The reasons for banning it have always been bogus.

The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 banned Hemp production in the United States for 2 reasons Economic competition with Cotton, Timber and Synthetic Plastics 1930’s anti-hemp propaganda caused a moral panic, persuading Americans to believe Hemp and Marijuana were the same and would both lower the moral values of American culture. The Farm Bill of 2018 lifted the ban on Hemp.

Hemp paper was cheaper and better.

Anslinger’s wife was Mellon’s niece. Some things never change.

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