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NoSmoke7388 t1_j784s72 wrote

What is the officially recognised reson for the downfall of Hemp?

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bahfafah t1_j7ad6mb wrote

Cotton. During the Depression southern farmers lobbied Congress to ban production of hemp to protect the cotton market from hemp competition.

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copacetic51 t1_j7anmzd wrote

Which is odd. Hemp is more productive and less demanding to grow than cotton.

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bahfafah t1_j7ctyno wrote

Exactly. Hence the fear of cotton growers and their congressional supporters

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copacetic51 t1_j7cuocw wrote

What puzzles me is why the cotton growers wouldn't have just switched to the better crop

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en43rs t1_j7kgpwf wrote

They had the field, the knowledge, the networks, the crops, so on. Changing crops is not as simple as clicking a button. It would require months if not years of work.

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