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   From: georgewspamk@humboldt1.com   
      
   Pot isn't illegal because the paper industry is afraid of competing with   
   hemp -- it's because of racism and the culture wars.   
      
      
   Making Pot Legal: We Can Do It -- Here's How   
   Paul Armentano   
      
      
   Scratch a pothead and ask them why marijuana is outlawed, and there's a   
   good chance you'll get some version of the "hemp conspiracy" theory.   
   Federal pot prohibition, the story goes, resulted from a plot by the   
   Hearst and DuPont business empires to squelch hemp as a possible   
   competitor to wood-pulp paper and nylon. These allegations can be found   
   anywhere from Wikipedia entries on William Randolph Hearst and the   
   DuPont Company to comments on pot-related articles published here on   
   AlterNet. And these allegations are virtually unchallenged; many people   
   fervently believe in the hemp conspiracy, even though the evidence to   
   back it up evaporates under even minimal scrutiny.   
      
   More ; ?  AlterNet.org   
      
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   when you believe the only tool you have is a hammer.   
    problems tend to look like nails.   
      
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