The federal “gubbermint” won’t be able to keep it illegal.
Two reasons it remains illegal. 1. It’s inculcated institutionally and government resists change. 2. Federal and local law enforcement uses this as a cash cow to fund special task forces etc., or to run up numbers on what they accomplish.
No one truly believes in the mission, either that you can win some war on drugs, or that pot is some horrible addictive drug that causes harm. Pot is one of the most studied substances there is, ever. You can’t overdose easily. It doesn’t make folks aggressive or irrational in a dangerous way. It isn’t really addictive. It isn’t really harmful. Frigging Tylenol kills more people every year than pot: fact check that, please.
Eventually it will be legal.
“Eventually it will be legal.” (Federal level)
A Presidential Administration could just administratively re-classify (”de-list”) Marijuana from Schedule 1 (high abuse potential, no medical use, like LSD or heroin) to a lower level (like Xanax or Testosterone).
That action alone would have huge effects.
Are you kidding? You actually said this?
“It doesn’t make folks aggressive or irrational in a dangerous way.”
There is a relatively small subset of borderline psychotic individuals, who can can be tripped over into psychosis, by enough THC.
A high enough dose of THC will make anyone hallucinate, but some individuals have a very low threshold.