why doesn't the government legalize marijuana?

Answer 1

Maybe decriminalize not make legal. The difference being small amounts for personal amounts are subject to a warning.

Answer 2

Because most of the people in government (the people that can actually rectify the situation) still have a 1950's mentality about that particular drug. As long as those people are in the majority, a legalization bill will never pass. You can look forward to another twenty years or so of wasting tax dollars on keeping harmless people fed and clothed in our overcrowding jails before such a bill will even come close to passing.

Answer 3

Well it was legalized once. You would get a stamped card and go tot the store and buy it. But IT was very difficult to get the stamp and the goverment didn't make as much of a profit as they thought they were. Since Mary J is hard to trace and controll, it is illegal.

Answer 4

I don't understand it. It's just a plant. Why don't they ban poison ivy? That's caused me more harm than marijuana. I'm a Libertarian. I believe an adult, as long as they're not hurting anyone, should be able to what they wish with their bodies.

Answer 5

my general answer,
I do not think that it will ever be legal in the USA,if a
anything the politics are moving in the oposite direction and a fascist attitude against minority groups is growing

ATITUDES IN OTHER COUNTRIES
mild in Canada.used to be legal in Alaska.in Autralia you can have a few plants in the garden,In South Africa an ounce in your pocket is accepted .In Holland it is sold openly in koffie Bars and the police will direct tourist to safe places to buy.}in England a few years ago it was decrimenalised.
In Marroco it is the culture and all the old men smoke it in the caffees..as in many Arab countries
In Asia in some countries it is a very old part of their culture.
etc. etc.

MEDICINAL
in many countries marijuana is used in rubbung alcohol mostly by old people to relieve body pains especially the limbs.
it is also used for Asthma and nervous disorders
AMERICA
the USA the attitude is dogmatic for other reasons than the narcotic effects of the drug.
before 1920 marijuana was extensively grown by the USA and Mexico for the production of fibre.which made a durable material,cheap and it does not scorch,that was used for all the jeans,ropes,sails for the sailing ships and millions of jute bags that were used by millions of farmers,representing a multimillion dollars business.

after 1920 with the coming of synthetic materials,which were products of the petrolium business ,which were owned by the families or associates of most of the presidents,

this competitive comodity could not be allowed to continue to exist,
and the war on Mariujana was on.

the drug factor although it has been proven beyond doubt by countless tests that it was a relative harmless substance compared to sigarettes,alcohol and others,was blatently ignored and relentlessly the war continued to this day.
although it does worry the church, since people tended to stay up all night and question religious and philosohical beliefs.some times coming to uncomplementary conclusions of what was socially accepted.

alcohol puts people to sleep and they dont question the given standards.


MARIJUANA FIBRE
today Mariujana fibre is making a come back in Europe and Africa and produce designer pantalons and shirts for very high prices because the quality is superior than linnen.

these fibre plants do not produce drugs to speak of and are worthless for the drug market .it is the fibre that is the value.

and organically speaking it is an exelent plant to recuporate tired soils ,after cattle and corn field have practically destroyed the land,because the plant is deep rooted grows on most altitudes,and breaks open or loosens compacted soils as well as secreting nitrogen.

.the stalks can also be converted in to building material such as blocks

P.S the war against Marijuana ,has traditionally been used in Europe,Africa ,USA and Mexico,as an excuse for the Governments to invade peoples privacy,place soldiers and police strategically throughout the countries for control and observation,and to employ more security forces.
American Soldiers are in Mexico today suposedly for Marijuana but the real reasons are more sinister
It also creates the right climate for coruption and abuse of power(which was the norm rather than the exception in South Africa ,during the days of Aparheid ,when it was simple to place a bag of marijuana in some bodies house,who was unpopular with the authorities, in order to arrest or shoot them.)
Note:
i grew up in a drug culture and there was lots of weed around many of my friends still smoke and i am now 62.
for health reasons i dont smoke much any more .
in the early days these transitional drugs were necesary,for great changes in the general mentality,
today in many places,this mentality is here , and in reality the drugs have become obselete .

we wasted a lot of time messing around when we should have been thinking of our future,but at the time the cultural revolution was more important ,but not any more

we have reached what could be reached ,many druggies from the sixties are in leading positions today ,and a lot of changes are in place,(although some countries seem to be going backwards i think, but drugs are not the solution in this case)

my advice to anybody young now is leave the drugs ,alcohol,sigarettes alone ,dont be misled by peer pressure and concentrate on securing a good future.

when you are established and stable ,then is the time to play around with whatever you please ,at least in a democratic concept,

but dont do it when you are young because then you cannot afford to loose the time,and many people of today will look down on you as being a looser

Answer 6

They can't legalize it for a few reasons.....Taxes, they can't regulate the manufacturing and selling of a product that if legal, you could grow your own, like they can Alcohol and Tobacco for example....Why would you purchase government grown pot, if you could grow it yourself...The people who profit by drug busts would lose all those cars and homes etc. they confiscate, the Sheriff dept.'s, and Counties, get the revenue from auctioning off all the stuff they seize....It would be too easy for minors to get a hold of it, because they could rip off their parents, siblings, or neighbors plants......There are too many "Church" folk that would pop a blood vessel, and all the Conservative people who while chugging down that beer or cocktail, would be taking their vote somewhere else and politicians wouldn't like losing their $$$$....I do think it should be decriminalized though for a couple reasons.....You have someone get thrown in jail for a little weed, put in with murderers, rapists and lunatics......that is absurd! they will come out of prison way worse than high on pot! I used to smoke years ago, probably more than all of the people who answered your question put together, don't anymore, no reason, just older and just don't....But in my experience in life, I have NEVER ever heard of someone high on weed, murder their entire family, or kill their parents or rape, or torture, etc etc etc...high on JUST pot, never! Alcohol is a way worse LEGAL drug, believe me, I work in a bar...It makes people stupid, or careless or mean, impairs judgment 110 % times worse than weed could ever...Sure I guess thievery occurs, ripping off someone to get the money to buy some if they are a lazy jerk. I know and have known lots of people who smoke, they WORK! They don't call in sick due to an alcohol hangover. They don't give it to kids, if they have kids, they don't smoke it around them ever. They are productive people, that stem from a kitchen worker to a million dollar store owner, and all in between....Use it like having a cocktail after work to relax, not bothering anyone....The worst someone will do high on pot is either nothing, or eat you out of house and home....You can't get "too high" off pot, you eventually smoke yourself straight...THE FED'S, need to use the drug task force money to get the METH/CRACK/CRANK/ICE, Heroin, and Cocaine off the streets, that is man made crap....God put that plant on the planet, it has many uses.....When an 86 yr old woman is arrested for growing it for her ailing son, I'd say some of the over the top "self righteous", "damn dope heads" type people, need to re evaluate, oh, and put their beer or drink down when they do it....Hypocrites!!...just my opinion.....

Answer 7

marijuana is a trade mark held by bayer corperation
it is a lie
a great deciet used to out law hemp
ie the tree of life
ie the bush that wouldnt burn
ie the candel stick shape mosus saw on the mountain when he said set my people free

it is a lie concieved by dupont [inventers of nylon]
was propigated by anslinnger using fbi
his brother inlaw hurst news papers vilified it under cover of the name marijuana [to fool the hemp farming lobby]

govt out lawed it by imposing a tax on it based on the succesfull mavhine gun tax $100 ,then hoover got in on the game
the law against the plant was a replacement for the alcohol prohibitionist police put out of work by legalising alcohol
that was prohiitted before hemp was

regan picked it up as a bogie and declared war on drugs after the cold war thing ended
we needed a strong leader to protect us from this plant
science has since added to the farce

with such lies as brain damage on 7 hapless chimps
who had gas masks taped to them then assfixiated for 5 minutes while 35 columbian joints nearly killed them by oxigen starvation

only negative syudies are allowed to be publised
the whole story is allowing 60 percent of the prison population to be there by victimless crime
hemp has never caused a death
ever but billions [trillions are spent demonising the people of the plant
truelly satanic the war on a plant /legally a fixture while in the ground ,it is only deemed ac drug by taxinomic lie and deeming by act designed to decieve ,and oppress and make lawyers money and fill the prisons
and of course allow our leaders to be tough on drugs
and conduct war on its own citizenry


the farce of a war on drugs just as the war of terror huge farce
like reds under the bed
but it allows our leaders to be tough /oppress and criminalise
[for life] same as a terrorist our youth our children

in deed set my people free
end the lie colluded to decieve
treason of the highest order

Answer 8

Because it grows so easily they can't control the supply, if they can't do that they cant tax it, if they cant tax it they cant make any money off of it. But there is however money to be made by fines for possession.

Answer 9

It is just as dangerous as alcohol. They both intoxicate you and impair your judgment. Imagine everyone who gets killed by drunk drivers every year, now add in potheads who drive (while stoned) and possibly kill people. We don't need any more of that. Besides, it changes the way your brain works and causes you to develop symptoms similar to dementia.

Also, people abuse the drug. It may not kill you, but there are plenty of people who used to smoke then quit. I always wonder why (if they say it isn't dangerous) they ever quit.

Answer 10

i don't know but they should cuz it's a plant there for it's supposed to be on earth, they don't go and ban roses do they? no. so they should not ban marijuana.... my point of view and i know somebody wit me on this