It's not okay to snort coke or shoot heroin, but it IS okay to smoke cigarettes and suck down alcohol, which aren't as harmful as coke or heroin, but they ARE HARMFUL ALL THE SAME!! The number of lung cancer patients who have died and people who have been hit by drunk drivers who have died is proof of that!
2006-11-06 06:31:57 · 17 answers · asked by David 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Because the government makes a lot of money from them. Alchohol actually has some health benefits in moderation. Tobacco is just a big money maker
2006-11-06 06:34:25 · answer #1 · answered by Aaron 3 · 4⤊ 2⤋
The US government tried making alcohol illegal. They helped create organized crime. That would be the 18th Amendment. The 21st Amendment did away with prohibition. Cigarettes effects some times takes several years to show. Heroin can kill in minutes.
2006-11-06 06:35:12 · answer #2 · answered by Reported for insulting my belief 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Because the tobacco and alcohol lobbies are very powerful. I think marijuana should be legalized, regulated, and taxed like mad. If alcohol and tobacco are legal, why not pot?
A little off-topic, sorry, but it really pisses me off that alcohol laws are totally ignored. I live in Alaska, and anyone who works in an establishment that serves alcohol had to take an "alcohol management" class. They tell you that the establishment can be sued for over-serving customers, yet I can't recall that EVER being enforced here.
Plus, I know a guy with 3 DUIs - the 3rd is a felony in Alaska - and he STILL just gets a slap on the wrist. In fact, he is currently in jail for probation violation and filing a false report. The idiot was driving (which, of course, he wasn't supposed to be) and totaled his car, ran from the scene of the accident and THEN called his car in as stolen. He has been in jail for about 6 weeks and is supposed to be out in about 2 more. WTF?!?!?
2006-11-06 06:43:08 · answer #3 · answered by Jadis 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You cant outlaw everything that might harm you. Then we have to outlaw all unheathy foods, any kind of contact sport, etc. A lot of things are OK in moderation. It is our right as a human being to indulge in guilty pleasures when we want. Who would want the government to rule every aspect of our lives so we keep "safe" by their standards?
2006-11-06 06:36:50 · answer #4 · answered by E 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It's all about the money!! Tobacco and alcohol were illegal when they first erupted in our society, . Our state and government allowed them to be legal so that they could control the sales to make tax money. They do not get tax revenue from marijuana so they got it fixed to where they make their money from busting people who use it.
2006-11-06 06:51:47 · answer #5 · answered by ptt_pntr 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
McDonald's and Burger King are bad for us too but they are still in business. M&M's are bad for us. Should we ban those too?
We can't take everything away that is bad for us. That's irrational, you can take anything and make bad with it. You should take everything in moderation.
Also, just so you know, I am not an advocate of smoking or drinking. I am 29 years old and I have done neither. I just feel that it's impossible to take away everything that is bad for you.
2006-11-06 06:40:42 · answer #6 · answered by Rachel 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because the Federal government makes entirely too much money from the taxes on them.
2006-11-06 06:33:30 · answer #7 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Youre certainly good. the government made it unlawful through unlawful mexicans. They thought that it would cause them to circulate away if it become unlawful. i think of the president desires to smoke some to verify!
2016-11-27 23:12:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the goverment makes a lot of money from people who buy them, also the doctors and funeral homes make money think of all these people who are getting rich off these addictions
2006-11-06 06:40:17 · answer #9 · answered by MARY ann 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because too much money is made from all the taxes collected from them
2006-11-06 06:36:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋