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Many people assume that marijuana became illegal through scientific research and governmental hearings that proved it to be potentially "dangerous" to the public. However, the actual history is quite different. With a combination of ignorant, corrupt legislators, yellow journalism, racism, greed and fear, marijuana was classified as a schedule I drug in 1937 passing the Marijuana Tax Act which prohibited research or experimentation for years to find out the actual health and economic benefits of the legalization of marijuana.
Before marijuana became known for it "recreational" uses, the actual plant, hemp, was used for many industrial purposes, however; the production of products using hemp was a fairly new process that did not get to develop since marijuana was soon after illegalized. Hemp can be used to make biodegradable plastic, which would be better for the environment being that the petrochemical, polyester plastic we use now, made from oil, a scarce resource we could......

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