Uh, let me explain this to ya, kiddo. I'm glad you finally grasped that your government is irrational in the most humane ways, but lemme lay it down flat.

The Government Wants It's People To Be Stupid And Un-Rebelling.
The Government Invests Time In Making Sure We Are Either At Home, Stupid, Or Out Fighting A War.
The Government Made Marijuana Illegal When A Bunch Of Black Slave-Workers Were Given Marijuana For Years, And Finally Decided To, In Large Numbers, Riot.
No More Than A Year Later, Marijuana Was Illegal In Many Southern States.

....
Slavery = Abolished
Marijuana Laws = Not
Because:
The Government Does Not Want You Rebelling Against Them.

marijuana does that to people, proven when it was made illegal, proven when the hippies invested beliefs in it (And protested while smoking it)

There you have it, the true reasons marijuana is not legal yet, and probably never will be, until the drug effects can be removed from it and only the healthy effects can remain.

In other words: About 500 more years of chemical working & perfection with plants.

Edit:

However! There are still, to this day, marijuana riots. On 4/20, in some parts of America, you can legally smoke pot, because there will be a large number of you doing it, too many to throw in Jail.

America fails to realize that if every pot smoker chose a day to come out side and smoke, America would have no choice but to ignore it. lol

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