The 30's were also the time period of the famous Hemp Tax Act, also known as the Marijuana Tax Act, supposedly lobbied through by the alcohol industry... 1936 I believe. Hemp got hit left and then right. Ron Nossaman wrote: > >My understanding is that William Randolph Hearst drove > >the anti-hemp paranoia in his newspapers in the 1930's > >because the use of it threatened his forestry holdings > >or some such. > > I'd read that too. He certainly lead the crusade, whatever the reason, and > this sure looks to me like a likely reason. > > Ron N > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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