5 Special Interest Groups That Help Keep Marijuana Illegal

Guest Article from Alternet

There are entrenched interest groups that are spending large sums of money to keep our broken drug laws on the books.

Editor's note: This story first appeared on Republic Report. 

Last year, over 850,000 people in America were arrested for marijuana-related crimes. Despite public opinion, the medical community, and human rights experts all moving in favor of relaxing marijuana prohibition laws, little has changed in terms of policy.

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