2007-01-06 09:07:29 · 9 answers · asked by kurtkeown_44 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Because there aren't any national big companies providing marihuana.
2007-01-06 09:15:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marijuana was outlawed for two major reasons. The first was because "All Mexicans are crazy and marijuana is what makes them crazy." The second was the fear that heroin addiction would lead to the use of marijuana -- exactly the opposite of the modern gateway myth.
You can find a summary of the reasons for the marijuana laws, along with links to original sources at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/mj_outlawed.htm It contains links to additional sources.
You can find a discussion of the history of the gateway myth at http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/gateway_myth.htm
There have been numerous major government commissions that have studied marijuana and the laws over the last 100 years. They all said that marijuana was not a significant threat to health. They all said that the marijuana laws were based on racism, ignorance, and nonsense. They all said that there was no good reason that marijuana should be illegal. They all concluded that marijuana is significantly safer than either alcohol or tobacco.
You can find the full text of those studies at http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/studies.htm
These are the definitive works on the subject. The collection includes the largest studies ever done by the governments of the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and the World Health Organization, just to mention a few. There has never been a major study that reached a different conclusion.
2007-01-08 11:48:14 · answer #2 · answered by Cliff Schaffer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because marijuana gives people in legalization authority the wrong ideas like they think it will dope you out so badly that you might hurt yourself or others particularly while driving a car. Also they think it is a "gateway" drug meaning that if you start regularly smoking marijuana that it will lead to more hardcore drugs which is not the case with the vast majority of people. I therefore think it is the misconceptions that are keeping it illegal,if we ever get a less judgemental president it just may become legal. They have talked about legalizing it for so many years now they should just freakin' do it!!
2007-01-06 17:15:09 · answer #3 · answered by piercedtrailerparkdiva 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who told you that marijuana is "healthy"? Smoking marijuana produces many of the same toxins as tobacco, and they are generally inhaled more deeply for longer times than tobacco smokers. Smoking marijuana is not "healthy". Guess you have been reading "Weed Magazine" too long to use good judgement.
2007-01-06 17:11:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
many people ask this same question and nobody can adequately answer it. alcohol and tobacco are ingrained into our society and our industries for countless decades. thusly stopping alcohol and tobacco are harder to do.
additionally drinking to moderation poses little harm to anyone, while tobacco is dangerous from the get-go.
nobody has determined conclusively that marijuana is "healthier" than tobacco or alcohol.
2007-01-06 17:31:29 · answer #5 · answered by steve 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps because, ounce for ounce, marijuana impairs judgement more than alcohol or tobacco would, and does said imparing at a much quicker rate.
2007-01-06 17:20:19 · answer #6 · answered by Neil-Rob 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because marijuna is not healthy. And drinking and smoking aren't healthy either, which is why they have age bars for those. Marijuana is a drug. It really screws with your system.
2007-01-06 17:10:10 · answer #7 · answered by nameless 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because the US cant tax the plant or track it, therefore no profit.
2007-01-06 22:13:32 · answer #8 · answered by afrochicness 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because drug companies do not want us to have natural remedies.
2007-01-06 17:10:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋