should pot be legal, if booze and cigarettes, why not weed ?

Answer 1

No, if booze and cigerettes just came out today, they would be just as illegal as pot. They are all bad for you. Also, the government makes too much money by keeping it illegal. If they said it was ok, they couldn't keep all the money, cars, etc., that they took away from all the people that they catch.

Answer 2

of course it should be. dont give all this health crap cause something like 12 timesthe amount of people who died from all drug related deaths died from smoking(in australia)
and if the gov were smart they would make it legal and put a tax on it. it would boost the economy
oh and john howard and bush should start smoking it aswell ill shout
your an idiot angela pot has been around for centuries before booze and ciggies
get your info right and do yourself a favour and research the topic first before you whack such an ignorant answer to this question down

Answer 3

You can't make your own booze or grown your own tobacco but if you could grow your own weed, then the government couldn't make any money on it. Government doesn't make money, you don't get any. That's why booze and tobacco is government controlled.

Answer 4

This is a great time in history to revisit this question since fear is once again the impetus for enacting laws. Harry Anslinger was the first drug czar in the US. He successfully began a campaign of fear during his reign as czar. He is responsible for much of the drug policy in this country, none so much as the "evil weed" Marijuana. He sparked the hoopla that gave us "Reefer Madness". Anslinger used totally biased medical research as his grounds for making marijuana illegal. The real reason Marijuana is illegal is fear of minority groups, who were much more public about their use of Marijuana during Anslinger's time. Jazz musicians used Marijuana for relaxing, to help play music, and to help write music. In fact a quote from Anslinger reads ""Marijuana is taken by '.....musicians. And I'm not speaking about good musicians, but the jazz type...' “(Harry J. Anslinger, Federal Bureau of Narcotics, 1948). There was fear the youth of America would be drawn in by the appeal of Jazz music and a style of living that was counter intuitive to the ideas of how Americans should carry on their daily lives, in the opinion of these politicians anyway. This disregard is still seen in the music industry from Shooter Jennings "Busted in Baylor County" in country to the Streets with "The Irony of It All" in hip hop. There was also a fear of Hispanic people who were entering the country, for the same reasons Americans fear their entrance today, because we are lazy and complacent. So many laws based on fear are being enacted these days, so I do not see a possible reversal of the Marijuana Tax Act (look it up on Wiki) anytime soon. Your question makes a great point also, People die in drunk driving accidents every day, but it is legal because politicians enjoy spirits at social functions because they repress so much of themselves they need booze to keep from crying. There are no recorded fatalities from Marijuana. Cigarettes cause cancer, to be fair so can marijuana that is smoked, but much less marijuana is smoked by heavy marijuana smokers than is by heavy tobacco smokers. I know this sounds like a lesser of two evils situation, but more so why does the Government care about the health of Cigarette smokers so much that they require strict standards in the growing and production of Tobacco and cigarettes. Then turn around and sue these companies on behalf of smokers who new the dangers of smoking. There is money in this old industry that, and also in the alcohol industry, that greatly helps grease the wheels of politics in this country. Both industries do not want the competition from Marijuana, its safer, there’s no hangover after indulging, and it is cheap and easy to grow at home.

Answer 5

Alcohol and tobacco are narcotics by virtue of having physical withdrawals. Pot doesn't! There have been a number of documented deaths from alcohol withdrawals and it’s a well known fact that pot makes you passive not aggressive.

Answer 6

"Schizophrenia" is the right word for the explaination. If you are all that interested. Me personally. To date someone who does weed, is a HUGE TURN OFF. Because I think it makes them not only hallucinate etc. It makes them stupid. Literally.

Answer 7

I don't smoke it but I think a lot less people would if it was legal. The appeal for a lot of people would be gone so they wouldn't want to do it all the time.

Answer 8

Weed would cause an economy bang.
People would stop working cuz they'd get freelanced..
People would get smarter.. and stop being brainwashed by the government.. and that's exactly not what they want.

Answer 9

yes - it would stop the drug and prostitution problem in this country. plus if legalized, it would be a safer smoking product and generate tax dollars for education.

is this my son? chips ahoy

Answer 10

Sure, why not? The stupider everyone else becomes, the smarter I automatically am by comparison.