[misterrob]

Our elected officials are flaming hypocrites. They take in tons of tax money on tobacco and alcohol but get uptight about drugs. The SCOTUS ruling on marijuana is a damned joke and a violation of states' rights.

[jonascord]

The WOD is a profit driven operation for small government. Bribes from both sides have made the WOD the main source of income for thousands of towns across the US. You can't smuggle the volume of drugs consumed in the US on a daily basis without widespread corruption at local, state and federal levels.

With artificial price supports from the feds, coke importers make billions. You've got forest rangers changing from guarding picnic baskets from Yogi to getting to play Miami Vice in South Dakota, assembling SWAT teams for cash crop pot growers on BLM land. Meth manufacture has been a gift from the Gods for Middle-American LEOs. Not only can they get the payoffs like their bros on the borders receive, but they can pitch the line that they need to get federal funding to buy updated toys to "battle this New Threat."

Hundreds of thousands of people depend on illegal drugs for a livelihood. Legalizing drugs would bankrupt the entire Industry.