To a lot of people, the case for repealing prohibition seems pretty simple and straight forward. Drug use is not reduced by our drug laws. Many non-violent drug offenders are being locked in jail for no good reason. Drug prohibition drives up the price of drugs which increases crime. And on and on it goes.
So who is opposed to repealing prohibition?
Just to name a few:
-inept politicians. Mentioning cannabis and being associated with stoners is political death.
-drug dealers. People that profit from selling drus do not wish to see prohibition come to an end. Members of the SKMP were hassled at a Motley Crue concert when they were collecting the required 2500 signatures to register the party. You would think that Motley Crue fans would be sympathetic to the cause of legalization, but sadly this is not so.
-regular uneducated folks. The demonization of drugs has so thoroughly saturated our popular culture that most people really believe that marijuana is the devils' weed.
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