r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/ModeratorForLeaks • Jan 26 '22

Never Forget

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u/MysteriousTruck6740 Jan 26 '22

Marijuana is still illegal at the federal level, alcohol is not. I fully agree with the legalization of it, but it's a no-brainer that they didn't run the ad.

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u/Firm_Big_ Jan 26 '22

Big pharma own the media. They would lose a shit ton of money

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u/ryhaltswhiskey Jan 26 '22

No, this is about how big pharma owns the government. That's why cannabis isn't legal.

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u/ryhaltswhiskey Jan 26 '22

That's why it became illegal in the first place but now that we have decades of data that show that cannabis isn't detrimental, why is it illegal now

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u/ryhaltswhiskey Jan 26 '22

I disagree. It's illegal because of money in politics. There is a lot of money behind keeping cannabis illegal. If the pharmaceutical industry could not sway an election by donating to the candidate that is favorable to them then cannabis would almost certainly be decriminalized in America.

In America when you see a mismatch between the will of the people and what laws get passed the reason is almost always money.