And don't forget the mega-breweries like Coors and Budweiser. They've been lobbying to keep cannabis illegal for decades. https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/

And don't forget the mega-breweries like Coors and Budweiser. They've been lobbying to keep cannabis illegal for decades. https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/the-top-5-industries-lobbying-against-cannabis-legalization-will https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/the-top-5-industries-lo... To summarize, police unions, prison guard unions, for-profit prisons, and drug and alcohol companies spend huge sums of money each year to keep cannabis illegal, and why? Because it ensures job security and profits. We’re speechless, though sadly not surprised. It crosses a line when profiteering requires imprisonment of thousands and thousands of otherwise non-criminal people.