After the 1937 Marijuana Tax law, new DuPont amp;ldquo;plastic fibers,amp;rdquo; under license since 1936 from the German company I.G. Farben (patent surrenders were part of Germanyamp;rsquo;s World War I reparation payments to America), replaced natural hempen fibers. (Some 30% of I.G. Farben, under Hitler, was owned and financed by Americaamp;rsquo;s DuPont.) DuPont also introduced Nylon (invented in 1935) to the market after theyamp;rsquo;d patented it in 1938. Finally, it must be noted that approximately 50 percent of all chemicals used in American agriculture today are used in cotton growing. Hemp needs no chemicals and has few weed or insect enemies, except for the U.S. government and the DEA. - Jack Herer
