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From the beginnings of human civilization, there have been people, organizations, and governments who have tried to control the populous by prohibiting certain behavior. When America was born, it became a haven for people who wanted to express themselves freely, without fear of persecution or death. However, since 1937 our government has begun to slip back in time (with brief periods of improvement) concerning the way people are able to express themselves. When this nation declared its independence, its people were granted life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; all of which have been threatened by the prohibition of hemp and marijuana. The prohibition of marijuana or Cannibus Sativa can be traced back to the Spanish American War. While the war was going on, Pancho Villa's troops were known for smoking what they called marijuana, which was not a common name for Cannibus at that time in the U.S. Villa's troops captured a large piece of land that was owned by William Randolph Hearst, a dominate force in the newspaper industry. This piece of land was to be used for paper production Hearst quickly attacked this killer weed, which for nearly 5,000 years had been used for countless practical products on top of an en
The Controlled Substance Act of 1970 was the next large-scale blow to marijuana. Over the years many state laws had been passed to outlaw pot, but this law was on the federal level. This allowed the government to place Cannibus in a hole with opium and heroin, two deadly substances that had been driving the black market. This hole was called Schedule I, a list with criteria such as a high level of abuse, no medical purpose in the U.S., and a lack of safety. Marijuana does not share any of these characteristics, and the government knows this whole heartily. In 1938, only a year after marijuana-hemp had been made illegal, Popular Mechanics published an article saying that hemp was the "New Billion Dollar Crop." The article told of a wonderful plant that had more than 25,000 different uses, and also the fact that it could be grown in every state of the Union. In 1942 the U.S. Army and Department of Agriculture released a film titled "Hemp for Victory." Now even though the government was completely anti-Cannibus up to the time of WWII, farmers were asked to grow hemp. As soon as the war was over all hemp production stopped. No one asked why. This became known as the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. With it came a complete prohibitive use of hemp or pot. This also brought the rise of marijuana's next enemy. with General Motors, from 1922 to 1984, to supply them with the synthetic materials they needed for all their cars. Dupont also made chemical additives that were to be used in gasoline. For informational purposes, DuPont owned and financed approximately 30% of Hitler's I.G. Corps, the military-industrial backbone of the fascist
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