http://www.naturalnews.com/032791_legalize_marijuana_Ron_Paul.html people's health and freedom: totally non-important. profits for the police and private prisons and CIA: very important. exactly the same reasons why cancer industry is alive and well: people prefer profits over health and life itself.
I've never met a violent pot head. I've met some that are wasteful and lazy. But that's not reason to put them in jail.