Why legalize it when the government makes so much more by criminalizing it? Not to mention that they get to hire thousands of JBTs to enforce the law.
(Unconstitutional) asset forfeiture laws.
For an entity that is very critical of profit motive in the private sector, the government’s propensity for greed and ill gotten gains is enormous.
Follow the money.You will always end up at the truth.
And don’t forget making prison corporations rich while providing little or no education, job training, mental health services, or pay.