Weighing in with my fat 2 pennies....
There is a reason an establishment like
Blunt Brothers doesn't serve alcohol (although I've been hearing that the alcohol license for
New Amsterdam Cafe is "about to happen"). Alcohol is a violence enducing drug. Marijuana is not. You can bet your last bingo ticket that the introduction of booze to this environment would FUCK it right up. Isn't that proof enough?
Booze and violence are as American as apple pie. IMHO, Marijuana use promotes peace. Peace is NOT condusive to American values (i.e. the good ol' fashioned American Way) as it would require America to drop its 200 plus years of aggressive Imperialism. An Imperialism that even today demands an "invasion" of Iraq to "protect the interests of the free world" (last time I checked this could also be translated to PROTECT THE REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION OIL BUDDIES)
And along those lines, any type of decriminalization would immediately upset the delicate balance of tobacco and alcohol corporate influence - something your greedy politicians would hate to see happen as it might jeopardize their post-political careers as interest-group cock suckers.