the job of any government is to restrict the freedom of its citizens while expanding its own power. every day more and more of our freedoms are taken away, all behind the guise of protecting us from ourselves. of course they lied to us, that's what they do. MJ prohibition was never about protecting us, it was always about control and no government is going to give up any of its control.

free people are the natural enemy of any government. if you spend all your time working and consuming you are just what bureaucracy needs, a nation of zombies to do its bidding. if you have the freedom to do and think as you please then you are a danger to the status quo. wake up and smell the chains, folks.

in short, if you are expecting legalization any time soon, forget about it.

it's not a conspiracy, it's just the natural order of things.