With them are the prison builders and operators, plus the lawyers, judges, guards and street cops who make their livings off the human agony of this endless stream of meaningless arrests. To their credit, some of these – especially cops who actually care about controlling actual crime – have come out for legalization.

Then come the alcohol and tobacco pushers who don’t want the competition from a recreational substance that – like renewable energy – can be raised and controlled locally. Ditto Big Pharma, which fears marijuana as a superior anti-depressant with healing capabilities far beyond a whole multi-billlion-dollar arsenal of prescription drugs with deadly side effects. They fear an herbal medicine whose warning labels will be limited to statements like: “Caution – use of this healing herb may lead to excessive desire for chocolate cup cakes.”

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