Brewing is marginally legal as the government doesn't want to lose excise taxes. Why should the same not be true for growing? Because, I suspect, politicians receive money from those that benefit greatly from the illegality of drugs.
In a free nation one should be allowed to grow pretty much anything they wish as long as you are not directly harming others - but a nation with an income tax is, by definition, not free.
Thomas Jefferson grew hemp.
Its a paradox here about pot.
I gave it up years ago but have little against it.....in moderation
Some here detest it.
Having just been on the PAC coast.... it looks like a lot of dope smoking freak lefties thrive
But here in the south I know scores of pot people
All righties
Regional culture
Pot is not the determinant
Where you live and skin color...religion and maybe ethnicity have more impact