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One of the reasons why the prohibition of alcohol failed but cannabis is illegal has to do with the DIY-supply. Everyone could brew some alcohol at home. Growing a hemp field is not so easy to do undetected and therefore much easier to enforce. Cheap artificial lighting did have some impact but this yeast (if it works well) could be a real game changer.

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The prohibition of cannabis also failed. More people than ever are using it, and where it’s illegal it’s run by gangsters, the predictable outcome, exactly the same as prohibition of alcohol.

Actually I think it’s easy to grow weed in your backyard with the sun, just make sure to kill the male plants and you’re good. Whereas say growing tobacco requires much more onerous and is generally done on large farms.

I just had a vision of a bunch of cops growing exclusively male plants, and concentrating the pollen in a centrifuge device, to be used later in neighborhood foggers.

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