ational" tax as a producer. The second option they were given was to destroy the plant within ten days. The biggest opposition to this act was not from the industries that profited from hemp-related products but rather a doctor. Doctor William C. Woodward of the American Medical Association was the first doctor who seriously questioned the validity of the Bureau of Narcotics argument. He raises the following points derived from first the lack of evidence to support their theories. Woodward brings to the forum that the government declares that marijuana causes crime yet the Bureau of Prisons has no data to prove this statement. Next Woodward analyzes the statement that children use large amounts of marijuana, yet when an inquiry was done it was found that the Children's Bureau saw no reason to investigate the claim. Woodward's concluding argument was that the act was not effective. A twenty – five dollar tax being put on a producer of marijuana means that someone who has access to twenty five dollars can obtain as much marijuana
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