You would think that since Clinton, W and Obama all smoked it would be socially acceptable by now. For the most part it is. The problem is not so much the drug cartels or social stigma ut rather the businesses that would lose business if marijuana was legal. The drug companies have the most to lose and are paying their lobbyists to pay off the politicians to make sure it stays illegal. Right in line behind them is the Alcohol producers lobbyists. Any other business with anything to lose if it is legalized is forking over bags of money to the politicians too.

We need to weed out the beurocrats (sp?) at the federal level who keep taking the payoffs. The states need to legalize with clear language that does not limit quantities. It needs to be truly legal not barely legal like the CA law that voters rejected. A 5 x 5 plot is not large enough to grow enough weed for a year. You should be able to posess enough weed to last from harvest to harvest. I can buy all the alcohol I can afford and can store as much as I want. The same should be true for weed.