I live in Puerto Rico. Ostensibly the case is that we are Catholic and religious. If you read a little more, you get that lots of people possess or buy or sell, but nobody wants to admit it. Then why is the government sustaining such a policy?

The truth is, there must be some people who are obliquely or directly benefiting the sale, distribution and consumption of illegal marijuana. That these same people lose money once marijuana (even medical marijuana) becomes legalized.

Smoking, sugar, alcohol, firearms, ... all these guys have lobbyists in DC or otherwise in order to get their way.