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Did the founding fathers get high on weed? Or did they actually use it as rope? Abe lincoln talks about smoking sweet hemp, and Jefferson kept journals on growing them? (lemmy.world)
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[–] MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

I heard the nylon interests wanted to get rid of their competition. Rope, textiles, etc.

Not surprising given the biggest founders of the “Keep weed illegal” movement is the Pharma and alcohol lobby.