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   From: matthew.donohue2@verizon.net   
      
   " P.O.W."  wrote in message   
   news:georgewspamk-0744A9.06033421022008@sn-ip.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net...   
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   > Pot isn't illegal because the paper industry is afraid of competing with   
   > hemp -- it's because of racism and the culture wars.   
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   > Making Pot Legal: We Can Do It -- Here's How   
   > Paul Armentano   
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   > 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.   
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   > More ; ?  AlterNet.org   
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   > --   
   > when you believe the only tool you have is a hammer.   
   > problems tend to look like nails   
      
      
      
   If any business wants to keep pot illegal, it would be Budweiser and the   
   alcohol industry.  The powers that be want us to continue buying and using   
   their drugs.   
      
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