hemp became illegal in the us in 1970.
when did hemp become illegal in the us?
1970
federal policies, tightened by the controlled substances act of 1970, virtually banned the production of industrial hemp during the war on drugs. according to an industry group, "the 1970 act abolished the taxation approach [of the 1937 marijuana tax act] and effectively made all "cannabis" cultivation illegal". the drug enforcement administration (dea) refused to issue permits for legal hemp cultivation and held that, since industrial hemp is from the same species plant as prohibited cannabis (despite its being of lower thc yield), both were prohibited under the controlled substances act. in the words of a 2015 "pbs newshour" segment on hemp, "[t]o the federal government, hemp is just as illegal as marijuana", and according to "newsweek", "all "cannabis sativa"—whether grown to ease chronic pain, get stoned or make rope—is a schedule i controlled substance".
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