Whats actually preventing marijuana fron being freely available?
Are there any vested interests? A: Firstly, the US Government is too embarrassed to acknowledge that it’s been wrong about marijuana, and that the 10 million people arrested since 1967 were arrested for nothing. Also, there are vested interests. With the drug war, we’ve built up a drug war establishment. There are a lot of people who have a lot to lose if marijuana is no longer prohibited. There are the drug enforcement agents, the special police. There are the pharmaceutical companies with their urine tests, and the people who sell you the kits to scramble them. And there are all the people who sell marijuana and who can charge this huge amount of money by virtue of the fact that it’s illegal. These are all people who would not be pleased if suddenly all this were to disappear. Q: I presume the pharmaceutical companies would not be enormously in favour of marijuana suddenly appearing on the scene as a major competitor? A: No. Take ondansetron for example. The drug company is paid almo
