I might be wrong but I learned that it was a law actually directed at hemp to protect the timber industry in the US and weed was the red hering used to stoke racist fears of mexicans but the real target was the hemp and not the THC. The reason was not racism but cronyism. I was not, however speaking of it being made illegal but rather it being classified as schedule I wich rendered it illegal to even test for medicinal qualities, because it has no medicinal qualities wich happened much later and was particularly dissfunctional and paradoxical. I am pretty sure it was classified this way because it was a cheap, easy to produce hallucinogenic that was perceived to be an “entryway drug” to harder crap. That said, my point is about the relative lack of medical studies. I was under the impression that there was very little data. You say there is substantial empirical evidence. As someone who suffers from chronic joint pain, I would be very interested in your sources.
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