What Happened to Hemp? Blame DuPont, Says Joe Baegant

Submitted by legalizeliberty on Sun, 10/24/2010 - 16:24
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How did hemp go from being a popular industrial material to a banned substance in 1937? Author Joe Bageant describes how the non-psychoactive plant was once used in everything from paper to automobiles, until a targeted PR campaign forever tied hemp's image to it's cousin, marijuana.

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Complete 1 hour long video at:
http://fora.tv/2010/09/02...