It was outlawed purely for financial (and thus, political) reasons. You know what was trying to bust into the market when pot was legalized? Anti-depressants. Mood stabilizers. Almost the entirety of the 'light' psych drugs.

Pot gave a large portion of people the same effect for the cost of watering a plant. Pharma shut down legal pot, and made it a moral crusade to pick up politicians and get more weight to the shut-down.

I have smoked pot in the past, don't currently and honestly, it would probably be about like alcohol for me and be an 'every once in a while with friends' thing. But I still can't wait for this stupid fucking prohibition to be over with.