Originally Posted by Kanadesaga

Marijuana laws are a throwback to the prohibition era and are inherently racist, just like current crack v. powder cocaine laws. what people don't get is that with all the evidence at hand, the governemnt wants to keep pot illegal for several reasons; 1) it allows them to keep a database on "subversive" persons. 2) it keeps the profit centers of prisons supplied with a constant source of inmates. 3) it allows the givernment to seize the personal property of those arrested. 4) it allows another intrusion into the personal lives of its citizens.