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"God gave you all seed-bearing plants to use."
^^^ That's in the Bible. Also, it common knowledge that our the founders of America farmed hemp. As a matter of fact, the U.S. Constitution is written on hemp. So how, you may ask, did it come to be illegal? Well, well, well... Lucky for you, here comes bwind22 to shed some light.
Ever heard of the movie 'Reefer Madness'? Well, it happens to be the most popular in a wide variety of anti-marijuana propaganda films released to the public in the 1930s. You see, hemp is a more effective form of paper production than trees. That presented a problem for many lumberbarons (Like William Randolph Hearst) and, potentially, threatened their wealth. Lucky for them, they had friends in high places. They called in a few favors and the next thing you know, we have propganda movies like the aforementioned 'Reefer Madness' portraying users of marijuana becoming suddenly unable to control their lust or sporatically plunging through an 8 story window to their death. The rest is history and here we are...
That last paragraph is exactly how and why marijuana is illegal in the USA.
That being said, I've smoked weed pretty consistently for the past nine year. :D
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