always was and that was never in question by serious people. cannabis was a direct paper industry challenger. wood pulp for paper.. also a challenger to alcohol industry. also was the poster boy for the war on drugs. also scared the establishment because counter culture is always an existential threat alcohol turns people into unhealthy ghouls with brain damage. domestic violence. public violence. car accidents. weed does none of that. you can also be sure the us corrections industry wanted to maintain its incoming prisoner numbers via illegal cannabis. hell even legal professionals benefited from illegal cannabis due to routine, harmless offenses
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