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🧭 Series Preview: Why This Story Matters
Hemp built early America. People used it for sails, rope, paper, clothing, and medicine. Even soldiers used it during war.
Then, fear and greed shut it down. Leaders buried it. Laws erased it.
This didn’t happen by chance. People made it happen.
“They Tried to Kill It” tells the real story. Hemp went from trusted crop to outlawed plant. Now it’s making a quiet, hard-fought return.
You’ll meet the people who banned it. The farmers they pushed out. The scientists they ignored.
Each part uncovers a truth someone tried to hide. And we’ll show you why that truth still matters now.
| Part | Title | Era | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Betrayal Years | 1930s–40s | The campaign to outlaw hemp, and how farmers, doctors, and truth got left behind. |
| 2 | Erased from Memory | 1950s–60s | How hemp disappeared from education, agriculture, and even language. |
| 3 | Criminalization & Control | 1970s–80s | The War on Drugs, mass incarceration, and the politics of fear. |
| 4 | Cracks in the Wall | 1990s–2000s | The rise of global hemp, and early U.S. pushback. |
| 5 | The Comeback | 2010s–Today | The 2018 Farm Bill, CBD boom, and the unfinished battle for truth. |
