Why wont the government legalize marijuana?

In the end its money. Aside from what hemp could do to big business, taxation of mj is a problem for the gov. Hard to tax something that most people can grow easily, and that can also damage big corporations the gov already has its hands in. In fact that is probably why the tax will be so high on rec mj. To make back money they aren't getting from home growers.

When the government is involved the usual answer is greed.

 

Well I was mainly talking a federal level. Colorado/Washington are legal at the state level, but federally not so much. The federal gov basically said they won't get involved, but that does not mean they CANNOT get involved. If the DEA wanted to knock down doors they still could.

 

why would we want them to legalize it? the goverment is already fucking with your vegitibles  youn know growth hormones, gho's if they get their hands on weed, who knows what theyll do they for sure will try to make them save money , and we all know if ther goverment gets their hands on it, they wont keep it natural like jsu growing, there gonna make it grow faster and fuck it up like everyother foods, in american and canada fuck....SHIT

 

Hemp is easy to grow and has lots of uses, medicine, food, clothing etc.
I think that what they spend on enforcing those MJ-laws is lower than that they would lose if everyone knew the uses of Hemp and didn't just take all the propaganda BS that the GOV is pushing down our throat.
 
Money, Power, Greed.

 

Short answer... To many of the wrong people have shares in the right company's.

If it was fully legalised the timber and medical industry would take a hit, and the rich guys would lose money.

 

I see it as kind of an unofficial trial for the federal government. If it goes well, and is profitable they will likely accept it and move forward. If it fails for some reason, they can step in and have the ol "I told ya so" handy.  

 

Pharmaceutical companies would go broke because marijuana can do alot of properties that other illicit drugs can do ,with tthis happening the DEA cannot regulate these pharmaceutical companies and turn a proft.Also you do not have to pay for doctor visits ,remember not everyone is smart enough to chemicaly isolate many compounds wich modern science is so enamored by ,it is way easier to grow your medicine in your back yard.This is just a little part of why it is not not legalized.

 

 
No one wants to get blamed or accept responsibility for anything in our government. Look at their track record on... just about anything that isn't corporate backed... The debt ceiling debacle, healthcare, even transportation.. 

 

 
I don't think it's that devious... There are already FDA approved extractions of THC... I think it's more a matter of our government not being able to agree on anything. They all vote based on party lines rather than on what their constituents actually desire or what is good for the country. The government has shut down several times in the past two years because they couldn't even approve an increase in the debt ceiling. This caused downgrading of the US credit rating. They sure as shit don't want to vote on marijuana.

 

It is because the government only legalizes things that they either make money on or is bad for us. if the federal government legalizes marijuana then they run the risk of the majority of people growing their own, causes them To get no profit. In the end, the government wants us to devolve into a non-thinking, uniform, identical race that they have complete control over. Pot makes people think, it opens their eyes. Before I smoked pot I was just another blind slave consenting to the governments wants. The last thing they want is us to think. So why would they legalize it if they make no money and it leads us to open thinking and realization? People need to wake the fuck up from the American dream.Vivo y Dejo Muerto

 

Historically, the Government has always been a good decade behind mass political movements. It takes time just like anything else. My advice for you is to continue to help legalization in your states by doing everything you can, and be patient.

 

They legalized by referendum, or by legal voters voting for the bill on the ballot. The Fed government will never put legalization up for referendum because there is a very high chance it will pass. 58% of Americans support legalization or something. 

 

 
Or 50 years behind mass political movements.. Didn't this push begin in the 60's??

 

The political movement didn't really gain traction until now. twenty years ago, your life would have been ruined if you said on nation television that you support weed, look at it now. I seem to see a new case every day.

 

 
Didn't Bill Clinton say he smoked weed about 20 years ago?

 

Huge difference between saying you smoked it once when you were a kid, didn't inhale, and don't smoke it currently. And saying that your in support of the Legalization movement. One they take it as if you were a once irresponsible kid, but responsible now. And the other making you look like a dirty, foolish, pot smoking hippie to the uneducated folk.