Wow, where to begin with that point of view?
The opposition to marijuana as medicine has been intense. That kind of propaganda is not free. Who paid for it?
This may come as a shock and may disillusion you but our government is not a thing. It does not have goals. It is made of individuals. Those individuals are corruptible. They do not benefit from increased taxes and revenue so there is no benefit to them in legalizing it. However, there are groups that pay to have laws passed. There are groups that benefit from keeping it illegal. Those people pay off our politicians and write laws for them to pass.
[quote=“teapot, post:37, topic:19311”]The prison point is just silly. Yes, privatised prisons have an interest in getting more prisoners but why would the government want that? The government is paying the bill.
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Sounds like it yeah. Sad part is that it’s true. These companies pay our lawmakers to increase penalties and sentence times. The government not being a conscious entity makes no decisions about ‘paying the bill’ based on what would cost more. No, it is our lawmakers lining their pockets to get the money and our taxes get to pay for it. That doesn’t effect the ones making the laws you see.
