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Originally Posted by MaskTVMaura
I believe the cotton-growers still are the major reason
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I disagree
IMO, marijuana is still illegal because taking a position on marijuana legalization is political suicide because politics is controlled by stuffy old people who are the greatest voters and donors to political parties. These stuffy old people think that marijuana is the devil drug and that if it were to be legalized, everyone would suddenly run to the store and buy pounds of it and begin smoking it all day long, and as a result crime would increase and society would crumble. REEFER MADNESS!!!
For marijuana to be completely legalized/decriminalized, it would require political support to do so, and mainstream politicians know that it isn't safe to promote such an idea. Besides, a significant percentage of politicians are those stuffy old people that I described.
By the way, marijuana production and consumption is pretty much illegal in almost every country of the world, including countries that don't even grow any cotton, but all those countries do have one thing in common: politicians that are controlled by stuffy old people/voters who think legalizing marijuana would destroy society.
People have an irrational fear of marijuana because of decades of demonization. They'll never change, they'll take those fears to the grave with them. Hopefully younger generations won't share the same fear and hysteria about marijuana when they reach the prime age for political power.