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Three Reasons Why Alcohol Companies Don’t Like Cannabis Legalization

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 07/10/2015 - 19:24

Cannabis prohibition is kept alive by three major industries with massive amounts of lobbying power: private prisons, the pharmaceutical industry and the beer and alcohol industry.

The beer and alcohol industry has greatly suffered from prohibition in its history. In 2010, California Beer and Beverage Distributors funneled $10,000 into a political action committee (PAC) that was in opposition to California’s Prop 19, which would have legalized marijuana in 2010 if passed. And now, since marijuana has been legalized in several states across the country, there is concern that cannabis will become a substitute for alcohol—thereby leading to a decrease in sales and consumption.

Here are three of the major reasons why alcohol companies like the California Beer and Beverage Distributors might want to keep cannabis underground.

1. Competition

Although marijuana and alcohol have existed in the same...

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