Yeah, the Pusher-Man needs drugs to remain illegal to keep his pockets full. Unfortunately, the enforcement community also hates the idea of legalization, at least at higher levels, for a number of reasons. Most of them also having to do with money. Think of all the pot busts they make. It's like shooting fish in a barrel. It's their reason for being. It's their justification. It's how they keep the money flowing into their budgets. Pot prohibition makes it Easy Money. They've shown their resolve in this matter time and time again. They don't give a shit even about medical use. They'd rather see cancer and aids patients die of malnutrition than make weed available to those it can help. I believe it also gives them a reason to keep their finger up the ass of what they have long regarded as a subversive element of society.

Legalize weed and you cut yearly busts by half. Not to mention the decline in crime due to the other crime that revolves around the drug trade. Pretty soon they're going to have to cut budgets and jobs. No bureaucrat worth his salt wants that. Even if it's the right thing for the people and the country. It's simple self-preservation. They can't let it happen. Cops need illegal drugs just like God needs the Devil. Do you think that the DEA heads are going to let their cushy jobs just evaporate just because a bunch of pot heads want to smoke their herb?! Fuck that, they'd say. It just doesn't serve their purpose.

Let's not even talk about all the industries that support drug enforcement. You're talking about billions of dollars. Prisons are a booming industry. Prohibition keeps them overcrowded, with people demanding more and more facilities. Do you think that the companies that build, maintain and manage prisons have any reason to see pot legalized. Fuck no. They'll lobby against it. The pharmaceutical industry is annother issue. Weed is a medicine cabinet on a stalk. Trust me, they are afraid of pot, and will do what they have to in order to keep it as a schedule one drug. They're incredibly powerful. The list of wealthy, powerful industries which have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo is longer than your arm.

Then there's even darker reasons. It's been pretty well doccumented that our government and others often support groups involved in the manufacture and distribution of illicit drugs, in return for intelligence, and manpower, in reigons where they have no other way to get a foothold. Once they begin legalizing drugs it becomes harder to hand out drug monopolies to the people they want to work with. Prohibition works for agencies like the CIA. Listen to this NPR interview for more about the CIA and drugs: Worldview - Geopolitics of Drugs: The Politics of Heroin

This thing is way more fucked up than most people imagine.

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Its a fucking plant

Unfortunately.

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"I am open to the guidance of synchronicity and do not let expectations hinder my path." - The Dali Lama

I say u only live once...so no need in waitin for them 2 legalize it... jus smoke n liv life..

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gateway drug my ass i ate shrooms for 2 years before i tried weed

why legalize? so i can grow my whole fukin backyard full of weed with out them taking my house

because everyone doesnt want to sell it and apparently you live somewhere coool where i live its 5 years madatorey first offense growing even 1 plant so it makes normal people who dont like to drink and just wanna smoke into criminals

i dotn sell shit and i dont grow shit but i love to smoke and because its illegal i cant grow my ownb or not without fear of serious life altering repercussions and in order to get it i have to buy it for way more than i would if it were legal plus deal with shady characters from time to time in order to get it

i see the point of all the money that would be lost from legalizing it because if it were legal some people would still sell but i think mostly people who wanted it would just grow it and make it available for friends family

but really they should legalize all drugs then the violent criminal organizations controling the more lucrative substances could become legitamate business men and countries likein south america would have legitamate legal exports

the only ones who would really lose money are the police

i think there is a lot of money to be made for our fine fukin government. every one says they would lose money because people could grow it but most people are lazy and would rather buy it. think people who would grow it are the few fine individuals on this site if it were legal i would change my job title to farmer and pay taxes. money for them

besides it is legal to grow tobacco which is addictive as fuck and no one grows backyards full of it. people say tobacco doesnt grow well in different climates bullshit
people used to say weed doesnt grow well in northern states i've never had any problems with outdoor crops

I think the main reason for legalization of all drugs is really that its about freedom of choice.
Also when a crack head murders your own gran for 50 dollars you might wish he could have gotten some from the local chemist for 6 dollars.

As to maryjane being legal i personally think that if it was legal prices could go up especially for hybrid strains that no one else has.
So get to creating your own hybrids so that you can keep a decent price on them ready for legalization.

People don't mind paying out for something that is good and that cant be bought anywhere else.
Also all of the people that are genuinely ill could use weed when they liked and it is estimated that there are millions of ill people that would like to try weed for their ailments but would not as they live to the law and would never take something illegal.

So 5 million new customers that are ill and 10 million that would try it because it was no longer illegal.
Even from this business point of view only,legalization would not make the breeders or dealers poorer,it would just open up a whole new market

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nicely said nat

It's time to stop becoming complacent with corruption.
This country was founded on principles of freedom and liberty,
not deception and suppression.

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