Hemp For Victory 1942 USA Government Showing The Many Uses of Hemp
The film was made to encourage farmers to grow hemp for the war effort because other industrial fibers, often imported from overseas, were in short supply. The film shows a history of hemp and hemp products, how hemp is grown, and how hemp is processed into rope, cloth, cordage, and other products. As it was made by the US Government, it is public domain and is freely available for download from the Internet Archive. — In the United States, the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act, Pub. 238, 75th Congress, 50 Stat. 551 (Aug. 2, 1937), was a significant bill on the path[1] that led to the criminalization of cannabis. The act was penned by Harry Anslinger and introduced by Rep. Robert L. Doughton of North Carolina, on April 14, 1937. The Act is now commonly referred to using the modern spelling as the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act. The bill was passed in order to destroy the hemp industry[2][3], largely as an effort of businessmen Andrew Mellon, Randolph Hearst, and the Du Pont family
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The film was made to encourage farmers to grow hemp for the war effort because other industrial fibers, often imported from overseas, were in short supply. The film shows a history of hemp and hemp products, how hemp is grown, and how hemp is processed into rope, cloth, cordage, and other products.
made to encourage farmers to grow hemp for the war effort because other industrial fibers, The film shows a history of hemp and hemp products, how hemp is grown, and how hemp is processed into rope, cloth, cordage, and other products.
the United States, the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act, Pub. 238 led to the criminalization of cannabis.The bill was passed in to destroy the hemp industry largely an effort of Andrew Mellon, Randolph Hearst, and the Du Pont family