weed IS a gateway drug!!!

not the weed itself ,obviously, but the fact that its illegal and because of this its commonly sold by dealers of other illegal substances as well
Because its illegal a lot of people try other drugs once they start smoking, like i did.
Imagine if u could buy it in a shop totally legit, taking it out of the hands of criminals completely, there would be no "cross-over" appeal whatsoever
It could be all grown on a huge scale, even after the government has taxed the shit out of it, it would still be cheap
The billions of dollars and man hours saved by not making cannabis related arrests plus all the tax money they would get would enable the government to fund and focus their efforts entirely on the real drug problems plagueing society.
This will never fucking happen however, as theres more money to be made by prohibition.
Never feel guilty for your 'lawless' habit because in reality it works like this:

The majority of drugs are relatively cheap to produce.They are very illegal and the penalties are high. This gives smugglers, traffickers, overlords etc an excuse to charge high prices, making untold profits.
If they were legalized, these people would go out of business. So they hope to god this never happens, they have so much money that it seeps into everything, even into to politics. They use heavily laundered money to influence civil servants and fund the election campaigns of various politicians of their liking.
These politicians are hardline and uphold the anti - drug laws, even strengthen them, thus pushing the price and profits up further.
The anti drug laws justify the existence of many government agencies, notably the DEA. Thousands of employees rely on their payroll and govt funding, what would happen if this was withdrawn?
The War on Drugs has cost untold billions in taxpayers money, money that has gone ito many areas of involvement, from weapons and technology manufacturers to endless troops/ field agents, commander in chiefs, police departments, military equipment,congressman, senators, even presidents.
Do these people want their monthly wage? hell yes.
As long as there is lots of money to be made, dont expect the laws to change anytime soon.
Here i am going off on a bloody tangent again, yeah to hell with alcohol, if everyone got stoned how many rapings/beatings would go on in our streets?
So yeah fuck it, light that shit up....