I guess you've never been to Northern California.
We do have weed... and I'm really sick of those dirty bastards who move here from all over the world to grow it, then rape and pollute the land, bring in drug addicts and criminals as seasonal employees (who never seem to leave, BTW), and make millions of dollars to take home to wherever the f*ck they came from. Not to mention the Mexican and Asian cartels growing it in the wilderness, so that it's not even safe to wander into the woods anymore.
*f-word marijuana, and anyone who thinks its good for anything.