In WW2 many farmers were encouraged to grow hemp for the war effort. Hemp
has hundreds of commercial uses--many replacing petroleum.
##... many were replaced BY petroleum.
Henry Ford had a hemp plantation on Iron Mountain. He originally planned
to fuel his cars on methonol and oil them with
My source noted that Hurst was building a newspaper empire and was buying
millions of acres of pulpwood timberland to supply his and other paper needs.
It takes 20 years to grow a paper-tree and one year to grow hemp which produces
a real fine paper product. He glamorized every pot smoking
A sad story about hemp: I read that Japanese soldiers in Vietnam
during WWII forced farmers to grow hemp rather than rice.
The Japanese wanted hemp for ropes, nets, etc. There was a great
famine in Vietnam as a result.
The Vietnamese have been victimized by just about everyone, it seems.
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