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ActuallyNot39 karma

The US' approach to marijuana is way out of step with the rest of the English speaking world. (But not too far out of line with Indonesia, Singapore, China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia).

The urban myth is that this originated to protect the cotton farms of America's south from competition by Hemp. If that were true once it is difficult to believe that it is true now.

Can you outline the social causes of the USA's extreme position on Marijuana?

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The Cultural Revolution was also a main reason why the Tiananmen massacre happened.

I think that that's a bit of a stretch.

The Chinese Government are equally brutal to Old Tibetan Buddhists, Middle Age Falun Gong, and to Businessmen they consider "corrupt", which is generally determined by who is dramatically outperforming the Government businesses on volume and profit, as they are with students.

The common thread is things that threaten the Party's power, not things that remind people of the cultural revolution.

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The majority of the problem isn't carbon but methane and that is the real reason no one will answer this question..

I think that the numbers are that the majority of the problem is carbon.

See this chart from the IPCC AR5 that shows the effects in radiative forcing from all the things that affect radiative forcing.

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Out of 1000 ships, how Helen Of Troy (HOT) is that Khaleesi Dany?

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What's the sum of the positive integers?