When I was young I smoked to get stoned, now I smoke to ease the aches and pains of different ailments. The feds don't want it legal, because the drug companies can't put a patent on a plant. It all goes back to the Hearst family back in the early 1900's who was invested in paper mills that used trees for fiber. Hemp was cheaper and more renewable but to no avail. That is my two cents worth.