USDA: "Hemp for Victory"

Who better to communicate the vast industrial potential of cannabis sativa than the very people who incarcerate American citizens for possessing this "dangerous" plant...

The U.S. Federal government!

Nevermind that people are criminals for possessing it now, back in 1942, cannabis farming was a patriotic way to support the troops and the War Effort during World War II.

Hmmm... what's happened since to make this a seemingly necessary plant into a modern "destructive" nuisance?