The topic, however, is one that has been tiptoed around since the "reefer madness" disease swept across mainstream America in the late 1930's. All of which was the brainchild of two men: Harry Anslinger, the head of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics at the time and who happened to be related to someone on the board of Dupont, and William Randolph Hearst, who owned a few large newspaper companies. Both of whom are said to be

We are beginning to look towards alternate fuel sources to run our future machines. I say that there is nothing better than cannabis. It can be converted to methane, methanol or gasoline at a fraction of the cost of oil, coal, or nuclear energy. The oil from the seeds can be made into a high quality lubricant that could replace petrol oils completely. Unfortunately, it will be a difficult contender because the government will probably not want to be at all associated with marijuana, even if it were the cure for cancer.

paid off by Dupont, who was very big in the wood-pulp paper industry, and would profit heavily from hemp being outlawed.

Marijuana had many uses in our society before "reefer madness" came to a head. For over 150 years, the second-mo

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