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Marion County – “From Bootlegging to Pot Trafficking”

When the United States lost the Philippines to Japan in December 1941, it also lost its sole supplier of industrial hemp, which the U.S. Navy used for rope. With the Pacific no longer fit for agriculture, the United States turned … Continue reading

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