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The racism part mentioned by the others is certainly a large portion
However there's also lobbying from both Tobacco and Alcohol groups against weed. There's a fear that since weed is less addictive than both that people will use it as an alternative and that means less money from addicts. So they help push anti-weed rhetoric to keep it illegal and they have a lot of money to do so
Don't forget the pharmaceutical industry!