WHY ISNT THE HERB LEGAL?

[Esoteric416]

The fact that big pharma would lose a ton of profit is a huge factor. Also politicians are all cowards, they can't do anything radical in fear of not getting that precious re-election. So the status quo is the safest bet.
Another factor is the stoner who will spends 300 bucks on a new bong but won't donate 10 or 20 bucks to NORML or the MPP once in a while. Also is the fact that in America there is a massive amount of pressure from religious groups (separation of church and state my ass) who believe all drugs are just straight up poison (accept what big pharma pushes of course) and they are much more vocal about those opinions than the average smoker.
The biggest factor is likely that cannabis is hemp, and hemp threatens the profit margin of way more corporate conglomerates than just big pharma.
If you have not read Jack Herer's book "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" then get your ass to a book store or over to Amazon and buy it then read it twice. Seriously, what's keeping cannabis illegal is ignorance of the facts.

Smoke em if ya got em. I'm about to.
Peace all.

[ganjhound]

peace

[budlover13]

"Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn't the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit........unnatural?"
- Bill Hicks

[sunbiz1]

This nation of ours has to be the biggest paradox in history. It was once illegal to refuse growing hemp crops. Yep, back in the 18th century they could prosecute landowners for NOT growing.

[sunbiz1]

Marijuana and Hemp Story: Why Was Marijuana/Hemp Banned? (Page 5 of 10)

This should answer the thread author's original question.

[snowballz]

well it was until the turn of the century.
I heard several stories that stated that caused it to become illegal.
1----One story is that due to the mexicans coming to America,with their tequllia and pot,in the 20's,30's the rich began to complain about them being loud disruptive,partied alot so they banned together to have the politicians and law to look into the troubles they began having with their farm hands,what they pointed out to them acting loud and crazy was the pot,not the booze they drank..
2----another story was that during the 20's-30's paper farmers,,saw hemp as a threat to their cash crops,(trees) since 1 acre of hemp could be the same as 4 acres of trees,and hemp could be harvested 2xs a year thats 8x's the amount of hemp vs trees,paper etc that a small farm could produce and sell and do this more quickly that the tree farmers could..There for cutting into the tree farmers/loggers main crop and cash flow.The paper companies were scared to loose billions of $ due to the hemp so they began 'paying' politicians and government officials and police to treat it as a drug,they even helped pay for government groups to spread lies and stories about hemp and pot as being this very bad drug,date rape drug,smoke a joint kill your family etc,and then they helped pay and support the movie called Reefer Madness which was a B.S. movie to place scare tatics into Americans all around which I think really helped keep it in the underground for so many years.A fake movie full of lies and Bull Sh1t helped seal the deal,,between that and every crime that they felt they could connect with weed made weed the bad guy,,even though the people who did these crimes also did things like coke,drank,and pcp,it was always weeds fault.
Now the baby boomers are ready for weed to become legal,hippies from the 60's and 70's are coming back out of their shells and politicians who smoked it before see it as harmless and feel its a waste of time.
We spend billions a year fighting just weed,,states have made it legal for medical use have found out that they can make almost 14 billion $ a year!!!!!!!!
Thats just in california and according to CNNMONEY.COM.
With the US economy in a rut,this is very welcomed money for America,,if all states could make 10 billion a year,within a few years we will be outta debt as a country and almost Never be in debt again,politicians dont care for voters,or our voice or the people,they care all about $ their greed is the pathway to legal medical marijuana and we should support the facts and push these greedy bast@rds into what they want to do,,legalize it so they can cram this fat greedy fist into the cookie jar themselves.

[snowballz]

well it was until the turn of the century.
I heard several stories that stated that caused it to become illegal.
1----One story is that due to the mexicans coming to America,with their tequllia and pot,in the 20's,30's the rich began to complain about them being loud disruptive,partied alot so they banned together to have the politicians and law to look into the troubles they began having with their farm hands,what they pointed out to them acting loud and crazy was the pot,not the booze they drank..
2----another story was that during the 20's-30's paper farmers,,saw hemp as a threat to their cash crops,(trees) since 1 acre of hemp could be the same as 4 acres of trees,and hemp could be harvested 2xs a year thats 8x's the amount of hemp vs trees,paper etc that a small farm could produce and sell and do this more quickly that the tree farmers could..There for cutting into the tree farmers/loggers main crop and cash flow.The paper companies were scared to loose billions of $ due to the hemp so they began 'paying' politicians and government officials and police to treat it as a drug,they even helped pay for government groups to spread lies and stories about hemp and pot as being this very bad drug,date rape drug,smoke a joint kill your family etc,and then they helped pay and support the movie called Reefer Madness which was a B.S. movie to place scare tatics into Americans all around which I think really helped keep it in the underground for so many years.A fake movie full of lies and Bull Sh1t helped seal the deal,,between that and every crime that they felt they could connect with weed made weed the bad guy,,even though the people who did these crimes also did things like coke,drank,and pcp,it was always weeds fault.
Now the baby boomers are ready for weed to become legal,hippies from the 60's and 70's are coming back out of their shells and politicians who smoked it before see it as harmless and feel its a waste of time.
We spend billions a year fighting just weed,,states have made it legal for medical use have found out that they can make almost 14 billion $ a year!!!!!!!!
Thats just in california and according to CNNMONEY.COM.
With the US economy in a rut,this is very welcomed money for America,,if all states could make 10 billion a year,within a few years we will be outta debt as a country and almost Never be in debt again,politicians dont care for voters,or our voice or the people,they care all about $ their greed is the pathway to legal medical marijuana and we should support the facts and push these greedy bast@rds into what they want to do,,legalize it so they can cram this fat greedy fist into the cookie jar themselves.

contact ur local politicans in congress and senate,,YOU CAN NOT BE FINED,ARRESTED OR HARASSED BY SPEAKING YOUR VOICE!!!!!THIS IS A MISCONCEPTION BY ALOT OF PEOPLE!!-IT IS CALLED FREEDOM OF SPEAK USE IT!!IF ILLEGALS CAN PROTEST IN PUBLIC IN AMERICA AND NOT BE ARRESTED BY SPEAKING THEIR VOICE IN FRONT OF GOVERNMENT HOMES AND DOWN TOWN STREETS THEN WE CAN SAY WE OPENLY SUPPORT MARIJUANA!!
I am working very hard to become the voice for legalization of this plant,I call it freedom of speech and will use it to the fullest extent of the law....

[Xyz505]

because of the black market

[pressman57]

There have been many good points made in this discussion, namely that it's legalization would decrease profits for the rich, the lack of political involvement of smokers, and of course the shift to the right caused by evangelicals in American politics. One thing has not been mentioned though.

To the power elite we are workers and, more importantly, consumers.

Studies show that pot smokers are less loyal to the their employers than beer drinkers. They ask embarrassing questions at inopportune moments. They are less docile. Whether or not this is due to the fact pot is against the law is debatable, but, IMHO, it's more than that.

Pot smokers make shitty consumers as well. They're more likely to be content with their lot, fail to covet that new car and work themselves to death to get it.

[CanGroIt]

Just finished watching a documentary on utube - The Union: the business behind getting high

Very Informative. I suggest you watch it and pass it around.