Quote Originally Posted by GotWake88
What do you think are the main things slowing legalization down?

I think it's mainly economical. Certain industries(alcohol industry, tobacco industry, textile industry, oil indudtry, etc.) would suffer if cannabis were legalized(because cannabis is so damn useful!); so they lobby to the government to keep it illegal.

Another main factor is that, were the government to legalize cannabis, first they would have to admit that they were wrong in criminalizing it to begin with. And I'm sure you know that our government is slow to admit when it's wrong(look at how long it took for them to formally apologize for imprisoning japanese-americans during WWII).

Other than this and a few other factors, there's really no reason for any government not to legalize it. They would benefit immensely from the taxes it would bring in. And if it were licensed and sold like acohol is, it would effectively separate the markets for soft drugs and hard drugs(So instead of going to a drug dealer for cannabis, you would go to a Walgreens).

Any thoughts?
Exactly, that and that so many people are in jail for it. Also tons of people are completely brainwashed. Also I agree with what LIP said. I sometimes think about going through a career path involving goverment work, but I feel I would probally end up becoming fucked up and corrupt like most other people in power.