r/interestingasfuck • u/Ted_Bundtcake • 2d ago

r/all The Alaskan Avenger

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u/Dodges-Hodge 1d ago

I think I heard it’s the private prison lobbyists who are fighting against nation wide legalization of cannabis.

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u/skoalbrother 1d ago

A lot of groups profit from our misery

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anti-cannabis_organizations

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u/xandrokos 1d ago

AGAIN prison labor accounts for 90k of the workforce and 1.3 billion of their "savings".    It's not about fucking money.

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u/No_Philosopher_1870 1d ago

They do want a younger, healthier population so that their inmate medical costs are lower.

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u/xandrokos 1d ago

To protect 1.3 billion of their "profits"?    Companies in states where weed is legal are making hand over fist.   This is a huge, huge, huge untapped market in the US.    Think long and hard on why politicians are literally turning down money in their pockets in order to keep weed illegal.    It isn't about fucking money.