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My take on the matter is, propaganda and misinformation over a couple of decades swayed public opinion on a number of things... marijuana being one of them.
My opinion is that the pharmaceutical industry would rather get on you on costly painkillers to deal with pain, then grow a solution yourself. Someone recently mentioned the cotton industry doesn't want hemp clothing to become popular due to competition. I don't know enough about that, but they are both for the same reasons: MONEY.
I'm a big advocate for allowing people to do whatever they want as long as it doesn't affect others. Whenever someone tells me weed should be illegal, I ask them why not tobacco as well?
The money to be made from legalizing recreational drugs... it's enough reason IMO. They tax booze and cigarettes like crazy, why not pot as well?
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