2007-04-27 05:09:22 · 11 answers · asked by s9j6j 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Dow Chemical was hellbent on covering the world in nylon and rayon, and they were afraid of hemp products' higher quality and the fact that they were cheaper to produce. Thought it would put them out of business. So they cozied up to the politicians and *poof* cannabis is illegal.
Figures, doesn't it? That's why I boycott Dow Chemical.
2007-04-27 05:20:04 · answer #1 · answered by Alice K 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To create government jobs while keeping the unemployment rate low (locking them up) especially for those who are poor.
As the manufacturing jobs left in record numbers,
the government started a war on people giving nonviolent drug offenders sentences as long as murderers, even longer than actual murderers,
they supplied the poor with new jobs: selling drugs/using drugs while at the same time enlarged the government, creating more government jobs and money coming into states and federal agencies and courts.
The drug companies, chemical companies, lumber industry also have an interest in criminalizing certain plants.
Do you know who is on the entire board of The Partnership for a Drug Free America?
former pharmaceutical businessmen,
namely Johnson and Johnson.
2007-04-27 05:23:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Pimarily due to the historical and current power (political and economic) of the alcohol and tobacco industries. It is important for both of those industries that marijuana remain illegal, so as to decrease competition.
In addition, the maintainence of marijuana as illegal provides a powerful tool for the executive branch to arbitrarily and capriciously prosecute elements in society that it finds unpleasant.
2007-04-27 05:14:44 · answer #3 · answered by Qwyrx 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I heard that during one of them there wars earlier in the 20th century, the government made it illegal because they needed all the hemp for rope and they didn't want people to have it to smoke.
2007-04-27 05:14:27 · answer #4 · answered by d_jayde_318 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-28 02:44:39 · answer #5 · answered by foulks 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Up to an ounce is decriminalized in 5 states.
Which means if you have under an ounce they just take it and can't press charges. Over and they get you for distribution.
2007-04-27 05:13:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe the main reason is money. Look at how much money our government, courts, lawyers, etc. make off a simple pot bust. Now, imagine if they didn't have all of that coming in. They can't afford to make it legal!
2007-04-27 05:12:40 · answer #7 · answered by tangerine 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I would not pee on America if it was on fire.
It is illegal because your henchmen cannot tax it for financial gain.
2007-04-27 05:13:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because of politics
2007-04-27 05:12:40 · answer #9 · answered by Robert B 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
If it were legal, everyone in America would be sitting on their couch eating chee-toes all day.
2007-04-27 05:12:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋