escapee wrote:

Personally, I think it should be legalized along with farmers' permits to grow
hemp for fiber. For the life of me I can't figure out why pot is illegal and
alcohol is legal. I don't know of one circumstance where a person died under
the influence of pot, or one death caused because of pot.

Well, the low-grade stuff was made illegal was due to extensive lobbying
by DuPont, who wanted to sell the government their new petroleum-based
rope products.

The tactic used was scare-mongering about the low-life (insert racially
derogatory term of choice here)s who smoked it and then wanted to have
sex with white women.

Why is it currently illegal? IMO that's a very good question - the
low-grade stuff, as noted herein, is pretty worthless for recreational
purposes. The recreational-grade stuff keeps a whole lot of folks
employed, both at home and abroad, to fight the "war."

I suspect an unholy, and probably not even clearly intended, alliance
between the "military industrial complex," the state department, and
foreign governments to keep the funds rolling into their budgets.

But, that stuff will make you paranoid, ya know . . . :-)