Month June 2026
The Dawn of Liberty: How the Farm Bills of 2014 and 2018 Restored America’s Founding Crop

The story of American hemp is not a tragedy; it is a long-game victory. In last week’s post, we covered the 44-year prohibition that began in 1970, categorizing industrial hemp as a Schedule I narcotic. It was an era defined…
The Dark Ages of Hemp: Bureaucracy, Science, and the 1970 Controlled Substances Act

When World War II ended in 1945, the U.S. government quickly retreated from its “Hemp for Victory” campaign. The processing mills were closed, tax exemptions vanished, and federal regulators resumed their quiet, determined effort to regulate industrial hemp out of…
Hemp for Victory: The Bureaucratic Hypocrisy and Strategic Necessity of WWII
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Of all the chapters in the long timeline of American hemp, none is quite as paradoxical as the years between 1942 and 1945. It is a masterclass in political pragmatism, proving that while bureaucracy can write laws, reality always dictates…
Rigging the Republic: How Hemp Saved the US Navy in the War of 1812

The War of 1812 is often remembered for the burning of Washington D.C. and the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner. But behind the military strategies lay a massive logistical nightmare. The young United States was fighting the greatest naval power…