The answer is money, yup it is all math, but 5 years sounds right. After all as far as the U.S. is concerned it is already happening on a state by state basis.

Illegal drug dealers and the DEA are close partners and maybe even in some case close fiends. Shoot, they maybe even the same people. Remember the Iran/Contra scandal? You know the 80’s when an ounce of pot was $500 or more and an ounce of coke was only $200?

Without the dealers the DEA wouldn't exist in its current form and without the DEA drug dealers wouldn't be able to make a profit. When the DEA (Or any law enforcement agency) makes a bust I am pretty sure they get cash for continuing the cause and/or bonus money/s. The dealers can then keep their prices high because of the diminished supply. They LOVE each other.

This will only stop when someone comes up with a plan that shows the American public we can make BANK on the licensing of pot smokers.

Roll into a conservative church going community and tell them you have a plan that will not only put money into the towns’ coffers, but will locate and identify all the towns’ pot smokers so they can keep their kids away. They just may bite.