1) It helps to keep dangerous marijuana offenders off of the streets.
2) It gives the state money through seizing the assets of various levels of drug offenders, by taking their hard-earned property like seizing a vehicle for a joint, or seizing a house for two pot plants, thus saving tax-payers money. This also allows others to purchase your hard-earned property when it gets auctioned off for a fraction of the price you paid for it. Win win!
3) It prevents those convicted of drug offenses, even minor ones, from potentially receiving student aid. However, you can murder people, rape people, assault others, steal another’s life savings, rob several banks, etc and guess what? Yep, you’ve guessed it, you will not be denied a loan based off of those offenses alone. Yep, another plus, because the drug war prevents many dangerous marijuana offenders from attending college while allowing lesser violent offenders to. Win win again!
4) It’s helping to create a blooming prison industry. Look at all of the pretty new prisons being built. Now how can you not want to be at one of these luxurious places now?
5) It helps to reform marijuana offenders by putting them in prison with hardened criminals, thus making the recreational user a better person when they get out.