Why won't the government just legalize pot already?

they love having scapegoats around, and cannabis(-users)  is one of them

I do not smoke dope.

Society has an obligation to set moral boundaries. The boundaries change over time according to the vote of the people.

See: "political suicide"

Yes, your freedom to become a pothead on welfare.

Was your bitterness the same when tRump was stripping away freedoms ?

Here's my take on it. I believe in states rights. Let each state determine their own drug laws. If California says heroin is legal, so be it. If Indiana says no coke, so be it.

Boo hoo. Like anything is stopping you now? You just want to reek like a skunk in public legally?

You didn't have that "freedom" before, so no, nothing has been stripped from you in that regard.