What are the top three reasons marijuana is not legalized?

Answer 1

tobacco companies do not want people to "grow their own"
Big lobby.... keeps it illegal...
If you think about it is is pretty absurd that a PLANT should be illegal....

Answer 2

I am not a marijunana user but I can and appreciatte both sides of the question of legalization. I beleive the top three reasons why it hasn't happed are as follows.

(1) the public perception is that we already have problems with alcohol and tobacco abuse and that legalizing marijuana would just add to our problems. (2) The people making a big tax free profit suppling the illegal market would lose their source of income. (3) It is already readily availible and most people who would or could change the laws are just not that interested.

Answer 3

The top three reasons that marijuana is not legalized is because cannabis grows naturally and therefore cannot be controlled, regulated, or patented, therefore our "government" and the pharmaceutical industry cannot make any money on it.

As a nation, we claim that we want people to say "no" to drugs however that is not true. We just want people to say no to organic drugs while pharmaceutical drugs are pushed down our throat, in our veins, or up our butts.

Answer 4

competition for synthetic fibre
not taxeable
scares the church

Ido not think that it will ever be legal in the USA,if a
anything the politics are moving in the oposite direction and a fascist attitude against minority groups is growing

ATITUDES IN OTHER COUNTRIES
mild in Canada.used to be legal in Alaska.in Autralia you can have a few plants in the garden,In South Africa an ounce in your pocket is accepted .In Holland it is sold openly in koffie Bars and the police will direct tourist to safe places to buy.}in England a few years ago it was decrimenalised.
In Marroco it is the culture and all the old men smoke it in the caffees..as in many Arab countries
In Asia in some countries it is a very old part of their culture.
etc. etc.

MEDICINAL
in many countries marijuana is used in rubbung alcohol mostly by old people to relieve body pains especially the limbs.
it is also used for Asthma and nervous disorders
AMERICA
the USA the attitude is dogmatic for other reasons than the narcotic effects of the drug.
before 1920 marijuana was extensively grown by the USA and Mexico for the production of fibre.which made a durable material,cheap and it does not scorch,that was used for all the jeans,ropes,sails for the sailing ships and millions of jute bags that were used by millions of farmers,representing a multimillion dollars business.

after 1920 with the coming of synthetic materials,which were products of the petrolium business ,which were owned by the families or associates of most of the presidents,

this competitive comodity could not be allowed to continue to exist,
and the war on Mariujana was on.

the drug factor although it has been proven beyond doubt by countless tests that it was a relative harmless substance compared to sigarettes,alcohol and others,was blatently ignored and relentlessly the war continued to this day.
although it does worry the church, since people tended to stay up all night and question religious and philosohical beliefs.some times coming to uncomplementary conclusions of what was socially accepted.

alcohol puts people to sleep and they dont question the given standards.


MARIJUANA FIBRE
today Mariujana fibre is making a come back in Europe and Africa and produce designer pantalons and shirts for very high prices because the quality is superior than linnen.

these fibre plants do not produce drugs to speak of and are worthless for the drug market .it is the fibre that is the value.

and organically speaking it is an exelent plant to recuporate tired soils ,after cattle and corn field have practically destroyed the land,because the plant is deep rooted grows on most altitudes,and breaks open or loosens compacted soils as well as secreting nitrogen.

.the stalks can also be converted in to building material such as blocks

Answer 5

#1..The Government is scared because they do not know what the outcome will be

#2..They know it will put every marijuana dealer out of business and this would have effects on the criminal justice system because the courts make alot of cash from fines

3: Society deems marijuana users as weak individuals and it would go against what the system "believes" and yes they can tax anything they wish to, and actually taxation would help our debt but noone wants to be the "bad guy" perse

Answer 6

I'm not gonna list everything but I believe the real reason is that the government has too many benefits by keeping it out of the mainstream. There are people paid off with huge sums of money daily to deal drugs and stay out of jail. By leagalizing it that money would just go into the hands of the Pot Brownie shop owners and such.

It is totally irrational to me that it is illegal.

Answer 7

1. the government makes a sh*t pile of money keeping it criminal.
2. the goverment can use the laws to keep people under their "thumb".
3.it would make a dent in the profits of those who supply certain kinds of products made from wood pulp- so the corporate interests support the government position.

Answer 8

I think the biggest one is that the tobbaco industry has a huge chunk of money to lose if people were to start smoking much of anything else... I'm pretty sure tobacco is right up there with oil in determining what our current policy is... But whatever. :)

Answer 9

Marijuana was made illegal by the textile industry lobbyists who saw hemp as a serious threat to their profits.

It's currently kept illegal by lobbyists from the pharmaceutical industries who are threatened by its therapeutic benefits and by organised crime syndicates who make billions of dollars from its illegal trade.

Answer 10

Government hasn't found a way to tax it.
Causes cancer 4 times as fast as a cigarette
Supposedly opens the door to harder drugs.

Answer 11

1. It's addictive
2. Causes a lot of breathing problems
3. Affects your brain negatively.