Quote Originally Posted by PSINXS View Post
weed was even legal in the 1930s. but all the uses from the male plant aka hemp, nearly shut down the textile industry lol

my thought is that its illegal because it could eradicate a lot of profits for textile producers.

Yup.

I hate sounding like a conspiracy theorist, but it seems like the older I get the more clear "the way things work" become to me. Pot is practically harmless, and impairs you less than lots of other "legal" things out there do as well, so there is really no argument towards its illegalization from a "danger to society" standpoint. There are also foods and other legal substances out there that can be more harmful to you than weed, as well. So while I won't claim to know exactly why we have the laws that we do, I can say that there is DEFINITELY evidence that certain people have a lot of monetary gain (or lack of competition) with it being prohibited.