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Old 08-27-2010, 02:48 PM   #11713
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Originally Posted by wodin View Post
I heard that it was criminalized because DuPont had invented nylon, and lobbied to have it criminalize in order to prevent completion from hemp in the manufacture of mooring lines for ships.

This came from a high school history teacher who was old enough to have remembered it.
yep! that was a BIG factor!
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