Great point cotch and bun. Truth is that the government knows exactly what it's doing and that marijuana criminalisation is a fruitless endeavour. Most likely, they may be able to make millions in revenue from legalisation but that's nothing compared to the potential BILLIONS from keeping it illegal. Drug dealers don't necessarily keep millions of dollars rotting in some leaky cellar all the time, so who do you think presents alot of banks to keep it in (after a thorough washing of course). Thankfully though, with the introduction of the Euro dollar, I predict that drug dealers will soon start to move money from the States to Europe. You guys have better privacy laws and your currency is worth more than America's which means alot more dirty money that can be carried around with less baggage. Hopefully this will wake people up and consider that maybe having a legalised cash crop wouldn't be so bad.

Lastly, also consider the standpoint that if you had a bunch of people smoking pot at their leasure we'd all be more receptive to thinking things through. Do you think for a minute any government...america canada fiji or goddamn care bear land would encourage people to actually stop and think for themselves for a change? We can't let the government push us around like automotons any more because that's where the real power lies.