Billionaires simply want to remain billionaires.

There was an increase in the farming and cultivating of hemp from 1934 to 1935. Hemp was a less expensive product to produce than the paper pulp that was used for making newspapers.

Some people were worried that the hemp industry was a large threat to the paper industry and the timber stock holders. Also there was worry that the DuPont family, large producers of nylon felt threatened because hemp could potentially replace nylon products. Pretty much, the billionaires wanted to remain billionaires and wanted to eliminate any competition. All of the greed had led people to start campaigning for the termination of cannabis. This was a main factor in the development of the “Marihuana tax act of 1937”. 

So, out of greed, a plant that could increase jobs, help make more natural products, paper and food was made illegal. It seems as if the government would rather keep the rich people rich. We could save our forests, environment and economy if we could start the growing and production of cannabis products.