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Many people stand to lose quite a lot.

Decriminalizing weed is like fixing the mainframe program bug. Sure you were hired to stamp it out, but in the process discovered that you had a monopoly on the knowledge, and you quite liked the life of "unsuccessful" bug fixer and wealthy charlatan. I am primarily speaking of Politicians who always have a vote-profitable story in the form of drug seizures, arrests, et al., but also the Federal Government - far too addicted (no pun intended) to the billions of dollars appropriated to fight this so called War On Drugs - to ever end it. My guess is you will continue to see the passive-aggressive Ad Council ads for at least another decade.




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