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tptacek on Aug 28, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Conde Nast refuses to run Prop 19 ads on reddit

I think you're getting downvoted because these sources you're citing are pretty silly. Hemp is produced throughout the industrialized western world. Why hasn't it revolutionized Europe, where non-psychoactive hemp crops are legal?

riffic on Aug 29, 2010 [–]

Okay, here is a source that argues that while the hemp conspiracy might be overblown, the racist underpinnings of prohibition are still in place.

http://cannazine.co.uk/hemp/hemp-products/debunking-the-hemp...

I'd like someone to point out how this isn't true.

tptacek on Aug 29, 2010 | [–]

On a similar note, here are some cute pictures of kittens:

http://images.google.com/images?q=kittens&ie=UTF-8&o...

riffic on Aug 29, 2010 | | [–]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_ridicule

no apologies this time =(

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