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   From: georgewspamk@humboldt1.com   
      
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    "Matt D."  wrote:   
      
   > " 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.   
   > >   
   > > More ; ?  AlterNet.org   
   > >   
   > > --   
   > > when you believe the only tool you have is a hammer.   
   > > problems tend to look like nails   
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   > 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.   
      
   Yes, someone wants you dumbed down. or dead.   
   way before you collect S.S.   
      
   --   
   when you believe the only tool you have is a hammer.   
    problems tend to look like nails.   
      
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