There's an interesting story line behind how pot became illegal and the hysteria behind it, it's worth reading."
Cotton Farmers in the early 1900's felt threatened by the Hemp Fiber Industry. Same with Large Newspapers and Oil Industry.
A guy patented a super-efficient Hemp Processing machine and fiber source......he and his machine went missing.
in 1936, a church group were behind financing and promoting the propaganda film "Reefer Madness" .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefer_Madness
In 1938 Hemp was touted as in Popular Mechanics as the next Billion Dollar industry.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a19876318/popular-mechanics-billion-dollar-hemp/
Hemp goes back thousands and thousands of years.
Interesting read from MIT university here. Facts and Data vs TrumpFakeDrugNews
https://www.mit.edu/~thistle/v13/2/history.html
To All - Discuss the History and Big Business Business interference, without it degrading into all about getting high and stoners from highschool or other social problems like opiods or booze.
Big Business = Power, Money, Control.