Marijuana being illegal, and the subsequent elimination of the hemp industry is one the stupidest policies in the US. Absolutely, flagrantly idiotic.
Wanting to put people in jail for growing and smoking a plant is NOT a conservative social policy. To whatever degree the whole idea of the “drug war” is a policy of Conservatism, I reject it totally.
5% of the world population and 25% of the world’s prisoners, most from drug laws, is NOT a conservative policy. Letting the prison industry and unions influence lawmaking is an absurdly stupid idea.
All those government employees working in the courts, bailiffs, interpreters, judges, lawyers, cops, jailers, prison unions, probation, parole, all the government programs etc, etc, etc, etc...It's endless....