Pot is illegal because back in the 30's or some ****, some bigot seeking job security, by the name of Henry J Ansliger told the nation that Cannabis "makes black people want to rape white women." The whole reason we know Cannabis as "Marijuana" is because this ******* wanted to play on the prejudices on white people at the time, so he called it by it's mexican name. The head honcho at the time bought this bull**** story, and made it illegal. Shorty there after Henry J Ansliger, was given his own govenment department to manage, today we now know it as the DEA,

There's no legitimate reason for it to be illegal, any more so than alcohol, or cigarettes. End of story.