2006-12-07 11:27:14 · 15 answers · asked by Dreamer 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Business. Too many things can be made cheaply from hemp, and they don't want the competition.
PS Alcohol is far more harmful than cannibis and causes many more deaths than marajuana ever will.
2006-12-07 11:29:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Your question is wrong, or misleading. When you say Cannabis has 1 recorded death, are you just talking about smoking it, and then dying, and that is all. Then that Possible be true. But death from car accidents alone from drivers who were stoned, or high on cannabis/weed are in the hundreds of thousands. But because it is illegal, alcohol is 5x worse. That might be one reason. By keeping it illegal unless you have some kind of cancer, it makes the everyday people think twice using the drug. I am sure, a lot more people would try Weed/Cannabis at east on the weekends like most do with alcohol for leisure. And of course like alcohol people will have a little one, maybe two hits, or think waiting an hour is ok, and they can drive. Now someone else will have to explain the medical difference maybe Weed is medically worse or not then alcohol. I am not sure. So If Weed was legal, I am sure 30%-50% maybe even more people will at least try it. And like alcohol will abuse it.
2016-05-23 04:54:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Politics.
Cigarettes and alcohol have been proven to be more damaging than cannabis physically, socially and mentally, yet the government and large corporations make more money (8 billion per year for cigarettes in the UK alone I think) selling it so therefore it is legal. Cannabis is cheap to make for personal use and the government won't make a cent out of it.
It doesn't mean I support cannabis use but I do think they need to look at other drugs which are worse and actually legal - hypocrites.
2006-12-07 11:36:38 · answer #3 · answered by Pondering Princess 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Depends on which species of cannabis you are talking about. If you ask the DEA hemp (one species in the cannabis family) is pseudo illegal because the plant looks too much like marijuana and, in theory, someone could grow pot on a hemp farm. Last I knew hemp is legal to grow in roughly 6 states, but there are still a lot of import/export laws prohibiting it.
Marijuana is illegal because it is a drug. The danger of this drug in comparison to other legal drugs (IE tobacco, alcohol) is very debatable, and many researches have suggested that the danger is relatively minimal. Most concerns surrounding pot generally have to do with it potentially being a "gateway" to other more dangerous drugs.
2006-12-07 12:58:01 · answer #4 · answered by Andy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because good, moral Christians, who cherish superstition far more than they do science, have decided that puffing away on God's flower would be an offense against the great ghost in the sky. That and the fact that the Booze and textile lobbies are pretty much scared to death of legal cannabis, no matter what the purpose.
2006-12-07 12:12:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can find a summary of when and why it was outlawed at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/mj_outlawed.htm
In short, it was outlawed for two major reasons. The first was racial prejudice against Mexican immigrants. The second was the fear that heroin addiction would lead to the use of marijuana -- exactly the opposite of the modern gateway myth.
The online library contains hundreds of additional documents on the subject. It is the largest online reference on the subject.
2006-12-09 20:50:30 · answer #6 · answered by Cliff Schaffer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the United States is big on controlling the private behavior of individuals.
2006-12-07 11:31:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Generally, it's a personal safety consideration. Cannabis is intoxicating and leads most users to have diminished capacity to operate vehicles, machinery, and otherwise impairs personal functioning. Motor skills, reaction time and motor coordination are also affected. Diminished capacity in these areas can lead to harm or death to the user or to innocent victims.
On a social level, may consider it a "gateway" drug that may lead a user to try or get addicted to other "harder" types of drugs like meth, cocaine, and heroin.
2006-12-07 11:34:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Because of out dated out moded laws written by people who have been dead for thirty years.
2006-12-07 11:29:45 · answer #9 · answered by Mad Dog Johnson 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
because then rappers would rap about legal sh*t and then gangsters wouldnt make the world go round
2006-12-07 11:36:36 · answer #10 · answered by T T 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋