Reply #10: I don't buy the cops/prison industry biz . . .

[MrModerate]

Most cops I've talked to aren't interested in pot (course I lived in Berkeley before now, so maybe they weren't typical cops). They're not stupid -- they know pot is relatively benign and they'd rather spend their time on serious crimes.

And the for-profit prison industry just isn't big enough to sway the issue.

Nope, pot is illegal because government control of intoxication is a longstanding American tradition. And lots of The Peepul prefer it that way.

However, that tradition is fading and may fade away sooner rather than later, if for no other reason than we're not going to have the MONEY for a War on Drugs the way the drunken sailor spends.