I Thought Pot Was Illegal For A Good Reason. Turns Out It’s Actually Illegal For The Worst Reason.

Just so we’re clear, alcohol and tobacco, which kill thousands of people every year? Legal. Marijuana, which has never killed a single person ever in recorded human history? Illegal. OK then.

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Sep 9, 2014

And yet, despite all that, the way the federal government treats marijuana is illogical enough to leave you wondering…

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