How pot became illegal is another story entirely, but how it remains illegal (and will always be so under the crypto-fascist system we live in) is the fact that it generates tremendous off-the-books income for the national security establishment and its various 'black' or covert operations. Plus the added value of its usefulness in criminalizing undesirables through busts and frame-ups, and in turn fueling the very profitable prison industries. Finally, need I mention that the pharmaceutical ... read more