For Profit Prisons
It sounds absolutely crazy but there are prisons all across this country that turn a buck on locking people up. The 2 biggest prison corporations raked in 3.3 Billion dollars in 2012 and it is only growing from there. Over 50% of those locked up are there for drug crimes and of that 50% Marijuana offenders make up 28%. Lock'em up boys! Cha-Ching $$$
Drug Fighting Budgets
Marijuana prohibition now costs state and federal governments as much as $20 billion a year. Marijuana fighting organizations like the DEA and it's employees would stand to lose a very large amount of money if marijuana was rescheduled. If theses guys were not shooting you in the back and kicking you to the curb how would they make ends meet?
Big Pharma
And the grand daddy of them all, Big Pharma. This racket rakes in over $700 Billion dollars a year!!! Are they in the business to make medicine or money? Cheap marijuana could replace everything from Advil to Vicodin and also has the power to eliminate cancer cells. In 2013 big pharma spent over $18 million dollars in lobbying against legalizing marijuana. They are not interested in helping people get better they are interested in taking your money.
Please support your local NORML groups anyway you can. These people are fighting to bring you legal marijuana! They are fighting to bring you health and life! http://norml.org/
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