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Hemp prohibition in 1937 was orchestrated by DuPont and Hearst to eliminate hemp as competition

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Hemp prohibition in 1937 was orchestrated by DuPont and Hearst to eliminate hemp as competition

Partially Confirmed recorded as “Partially Supported” The Emperor Wears No Clothes

Corporate interests existed and benefited: DuPont's nylon patent (Feb 1938), Hearst's timber paper, the Mellon-Anslinger connection. But historians including Campos argue racial panic and moral reform were independently sufficient. DuPont benefited from prohibition; whether it orchestrated it is not conclusively proven. The scheduling was unjustified regardless.

Herer (1985); Campos, Home Grown (2012); WHO ECDD (2019)