which kilss more people and harms our lives more? weed? or tobacco/alcohol?

Question

TOBACCO AND ALCOHOL ARE LEGAL BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE USE THEM AND THE GOVERNMENT MAKE ALOT OF TAXES FROM THEM. WEED IS NOT LEGAL BECAUSE NOT MANY PEOPLE USE IT IN COMPARISON. SO. THE FINES FOR HAVING WEED MAKE THE GOVERNMET MORE MONEY THAN TAXING A "PACK OF JOINTS" EVEN AT $10.00 PER PACK

Answer 1

I think not many people use it because it's illegal and the media and governments have spread misinformation about it for so long.

It's illegal because unlike alcohol and tobacco, there is no refining/processing required to enjoy pot, it's easy as 1-2-3 to go from seed to joint. The governments could never tax it.... IMHO

Answer 2

I personally think that alcohol does he most short term damage, what with all the car accidents that kill people and all, but it also does cause liver problems, which is long term. I think that cigarettes have the worst long term damage. They should cut back on all the additives that are in there and at least give people who choose to smoke a little bit of a longer life. You sure don't hear of many deaths that are caused from the green. You never hear of any accidents that state that the driver was high on marijuana. There aren't any long term affects proven to be caused be marijuana, therefore, I would have to say that pot is the least harmful.

Answer 3

Yeah right thats what you think there are soooo many weed closet freaks you wouldnt belive it the only reason they hide it is cause 1 Its illegal 2. (A good reason) they have kids 3. they dont want someone they work with finding out and telling their empolyer. the us already spends about 10 billion a year buying from mexico alone guess what us drug dealers make off of weed around 2 billion the rest goes to mexico so your telling me the us makes over 8 billion a year on weed charges not likely when you take out dues for police time wasted with it, paper for the courts, housing, feeding and medical for prisoners, advertising. It cost more to fight than to go with the flow and if they did think about it 8 billion right off the top with taxes then theres all the jobs it would create, we could export it and make big bucks plus take away all the cost mentioned above, and the fact that hemp has THOUSANDS of uses including oil who knows what weed has to offer to this fuced up economy the problem is that for about 40 years its been engraved that weed is BAD it leads to crack well I guess tabacco leads to weed and achol leads to lsd and acid then

Answer 4

If you want to smoke dope just smoke it in the privacy of your own home. Its like crossing the border illegally. Its against the law but for the most part the government turns a blind eye to it. They just announce a "big" drug bust to the media once in awhile to appease the Conservative bible thumpers. The same with immigration they make sure that the media knows how the rounded up 1200 illegals wanted for sex offense or other lowsome crimes to appease the minute men and their followers .

Answer 5

Directly tobacco does cause lung cancer. Indirectly alcohol is related to fatal car crashes ! Weed is just spaced out on the side lines!

Answer 6

For sure Booze. When is the last time you picked up the paper and someone killed someone stoned while driving. Also in fights the government just can't tax pot that is the only reason.Smoke up and keep people safe drink and you will kill or go to prison.

Answer 7

i blend weed, tobacco & alcohol basically approximately each and every weekend, it truly is intense-high quality, yet coke is alot greater and extra risky.. i wouldn't in any respect do coke! alcohol is what probable gave you a hangover and you probable did no longer drink adequate water to hydrate your self cigarettes do no longer do **** & weed is gorgeous and threat loose and outstanding and could no longer have led to you any harm (except it replace into laced)

Answer 8

Should Governments Legalize and Tax Marijuana?
Examining a Recent Study on Legalization
The war on drugs is an expensive battle, as a great deal of resources go into catching those who buy or sell illegal drugs on the black market, prosecuting them in court, and housing them in jail. These costs seem particularly exorbitant when dealing with the drug marijuana, as it is widely used, and is likely no more harmful than currently legal drugs such as tobacco and alcohol. There's another cost to the war on drugs, however, which is the revenue lost by governments who cannot collect taxes on illegal drugs. In a recent study for the Fraser Institute, Economist Stephen T. Easton attempted to calculate how much tax revenue the Canadian government could gain by legalizing marijuana.
The study estimates that the average price of 0.5 grams (a unit) of marijuana sold for $8.60 on the street, while its cost of production was only $1.70. In a free market, a $6.90 profit for a unit of marijuana would not last for long. Entrepreneurs noticing the great profits to be made in the marijuana market would start their own grow operations, increasing the supply of marijuana on the street, which would cause the street price of the drug to fall to a level much closer to the cost of production. Of course, this doesn't happen because the product is illegal; the prospect of jail time deters many entrepreneurs and the occasional drug bust ensures that the supply stays relatively low. We can consider much of this $6.90 per unit of marijuana profit a risk-premium for participating in the underground economy. Unfortunately, this risk premium is making a lot of criminals, many of whom have ties to organized crime, very wealthy.

Stephen T. Easton argues that if marijuana was legalized, we could transfer these excess profits caused by the risk-premium from these grow operations to the government:

If we substitute a tax on marijuana cigarettes equal to the difference between the local production cost and the street price people currently pay--that is, transfer the revenue from the current producers and marketers (many of whom work with organized crime) to the government, leaving all other marketing and transportation issues aside we would have revenue of (say) $7 per [unit]. If you could collect on every cigarette and ignore the transportation, marketing, and advertising costs, this comes to over $2 billion on Canadian sales and substantially more from an export tax, and you forego the costs of enforcement and deploy your policing assets elsewhere.
One interesting thing to note from such a scheme is that the street price of marijuana stays exactly the same, so the quantity demanded should remain the same as the price is unchanged. However, it's quite likely that the demand for marijuana would change from legalization. We saw that there was a risk in selling marijuana, but since drug laws often target both the buyer and the seller, there is also a risk (albeit smaller) to the consumer interested in buying marijuana. Legalization would eliminate this risk, causing the demand to rise. This is a mixed bag from a public policy standpoint: Increased marijuana use can have ill effects on the health of the population but the increased sales bring in more revenue for the government. However, if legalized, governments can control how much marijuana is consumed by increasing or decreasing the taxes on the product. There is a limit to this, however, as setting taxes too high will cause marijuana growers to sell on the black market to avoid excessive taxation.
When considering legalizing marijuana, there are many economic, health, and social issues we must analyze. One economic study will not be the basis of Canada's public policy decisions, but Easton's research does conclusively show that there are economic benefits in the legalization of marijuana. With governments scrambling to find new sources of revenue to pay for important social objectives such as health care and education expect to see the idea raised in Parliament sooner rather than later


fact ! weed has NEVER killed anyone

Answer 9

i would say that tobacco/alcohol kills more people because people drink and smoke all the time and normally never think about it. Plus you can get into drunk driving accidents when drinking. However, both can or could eventually kill you, so don't get hooked on either of them.

Answer 10

alcohol and tobacco, lets be realistic or at least in my world this is the reality. I dont smoke pot. But i truly believe that outlawing it and allowing alcohol and tobacco to be legal is just another form of POPULATION CONTROL