[MeanWestTexan]

"Perhaps, but there's a reason it's illegal."

Yes, it would put the beer brewers out of business.

(It was the beer companies, threatened by pot's proliferation in the late 1800-1920's that started all the anti-pot stuff. "Negros" would smoke the evil weed, and rape the white women, you know. LOL)

And, no, I do not smoke pot. Never have.

[ChinaThreat]

Actually, Dupont had created synthetic fibers that would replace hemp, (which had been used for dozens of centuries) to produce rope and many other fiber based products. Dupont lobbied heavily for the abolition of marijuana and jumped on the prohibitionists bandwagon.

[pageonetoo]

"Perhaps, but there's a reason it's illegal." -mtbo

Yes, it would put the beer brewers out of business. -tex

I wonder if politics could have had anything to do with it? /sarcasm