We already have a huge legal underclass of dopers, they are simply kept fed and out of sight. To see some of them, look in front of a small pharmacy at opening time. It is not as bad as it used to be since most pharmacies deliver now but you can still see them.
They get free dope, free housing where they sit home doping all day and free food paid by taxpayers. These legal Rx drugs are all more toxic, impairing and addictive than pot. We have countless people addicted and driving on Xanax, vicodin, ambien etc. We already have legal heroin but in a packaged marketed form.
The synthetic drugs also cannot be easily home-grown like pot so an addict must continuously fork up money.
Big Pharma makes billions selling their chemicals to legal addicts. Doctors are bribed to prescribe more addictive drugs. "Pain clinics" and pharmacies make big money acting as the dealers. The law enforcement and private prison industries make incredible money from pot prohibition.
Legal pot that anyone can grow at home would destroy all these gravy trains and that is the ONLY reason for prohibition
Bunk, it is a brain altering drug with negative effects for regular users.
I still remember my mom working prison ministry and finding all the violent offenders were pretty much always major pot users.
It is a drug. Best used for the real patient dying from a cancer or other illness of that magnitude. The rest of those trying to jump the train to use pot are simple drug addicts.
The DC pot bill that conservatives on the Hill are trying to stop permits growing 3 mature and 3 young plants at home, using it inside, transporting up to 2 ounces, and giving away a small amount, but no selling. It would be interesting to compare how much money these folks receive from Big Pharma compared to the ones who are not pushing denying the people of DC their electoral rights.
In DC the rationale for legalization was that 1/2 of DC pot users are white, but 91% of arrested are black, with Hispanics listed with white. DC expects to save a lot of money on court costs, prisons, and police. In addition to saving on pot arrests, no need to steal if your buddy will give you some free.