1940's

Hemp for Victory 

In the 1940’s, during World War II, hemp was a great commodity and used in the production of many military necessities which were becoming scare. The U.S. Department of Agriculture launched a “Hemp for Victory” Campaign. The government agency strongly encouraged growth of help. They would provide seeds and drafting deferment to those who agreed to farm the plant. The society standard was grow, grow, grow, but do not even dare to smoke it. Yet research conducted by The New York Academy of Medicine found that “use of marijuana did not induce violence, insanity, or sex crimes, or lead to addiction or other drug use.” Growing Marijuana was not was not at all deviant but using it recreationally was continually becoming more and more deviant even thou the research showed mixed results.