Names named, the real reason pot was made illegal

Gail

I think Countable needs to dig deeper as they are giving the reasons fronted by the government at the time. The real reason marijuana was made illegal is because the hemp plant, which has many uses because of its strength, was a threat to DuPont which was developing synthetic alternatives. It was then as it is now, all about corporate money. During Hoover’s presidency, Andrew Mellon became Hoover’s Secretary of the Treasury and Dupont’s primary investor. He appointed his future nephew-in-law, Harry J. Anslinger, to head the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. These financial barron's held secret meetings to develop the strategy of criminalizing marijuana. Hemp was declared dangerous and a threat to their billion dollar enterprises so hemp had to go. They took an unknown Mexican slang word: ‘marihuana’ and pushed it into the consciousness of America by use of yellow journalism to promote Anslnger's crusade. They used the marijuana name because everyone knew of how amazing and useful hemp was. Hemp continued to be used around the world, but Americans had to import it as it could not be grown here until very recently. Always follow the money people. Pharmaceutical companies do the same thing here to block the sale of natural substances with healing properties so as to maintain a market for their drugs.