I think cigarettes and alcohol are legal because only a certain number of people can get rich from their sales. When you have drugs like weed, cocaine, herione, etc anyone can get rich selling them but only a few people/companies can make their own cigarettes and alcohol. I just think the government does not want people easily getting rich. They can talk about how certain drugs are illegal for health and safety. But to me cigarettes and alcohol ar e the most abused drugs because their legal. Look at how people die from smoking and drunk driving plus the stupid things people do when their drunk . Also look at how cigarettes and alcohol damage the body in the long run and someone please tell me how they are not drugs. I personally think from a fair point of view make all drugs legal or illegal dont have any exceptions.
2007-01-24 08:44:38 · 8 answers · asked by jason j 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I'll agree that cigarettes and alcohol are probably the most abused drugs due to their legality, but making them illegal will just make a lot more people into criminals. They tried that during prohibition.
You can also make a LOT of money in the drug trade, you just run the risk of getting thrown in jail if you get caught. You can also make a lot of money making your own alcohol (take a look at breweries and vineyards). Lots of tobacco shops sell home-grown tobacco. Sure, most probably won't get as rich as the big tobacco and alcohol companies, but they're way too established and too well branded to be surpassed. But there's still some lots of money to be made.
The government also makes a killing off of prosecuting people for minor illegal drug offenses and giant drug raids, lots more than they would if they legalized illegal drugs and taxed them. Not to mention all the money they make by putting the confiscated narcotics back out on the market... crazy cash!
2007-01-24 08:57:13 · answer #1 · answered by Got rice? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The use of any drug is unnatural. I do believe that marijuana use can lead to the use of more harmful drugs. I also believe that marijuana is useful in some cases as a medication and its use should be prescribed by a doctor. The trouble seems to be that some people are addictive personalities. Some reach a level of being other than themselves with beer or marijuana but some need stronger drugs to get themselves lost in. It's a pity really that they can't face life as the person they are.
2016-03-29 00:45:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much anybody can grow tobacco or build a still-- have you not read ANY history? Prohibition does not work.
Tobacco and Alchohol have been around in the US since the inception of the colonies. Plus, there are tons of subsidies for tobacco (not sure about alcohol). And there's tons of lobbying power behind those industries.
You acutally think a weed, cocaine or other drug lobbyist exists or would even get anywhere? Get real.
2007-01-24 08:50:56 · answer #3 · answered by dapixelator 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It all has to do with politics. Know one knows how much money the politicians are receiving from these two industries, but it is in the billions, mostly from the southern part of the U.S. Now would you think that all those southern politicians are going to put an end to thier biggest donators? I think not. Neither are the states whom are reaping billions from the tax that is envolved. Without that tax, no roads, no schools, no nothing.
2007-01-24 08:59:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Governments make so much money off of alcohol and cigarettes that they would never make them illegal.
In Saskatchewan, alcohol is only sold in government run stores.
Talk about a price monopoly.
scary!
2007-01-24 08:54:55 · answer #5 · answered by Linda 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The two most addictive drugs on this planet are:
Nicotine (cigarettes) and
Caffeine
Also, the largest portions of commerce for "drugs", according to Gross Domestic Product, are caffeine and nicotine.
2007-01-24 09:10:51 · answer #6 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has to do with the ability to tax. You can grow marijuana in your home, but you need specialized soil and large space for tobacco. You can hide marijuana from the government. So instead of taxing marijuana distribution or the consumers, they'd rather make it illegal so nobody's getting away with not paying taxes. Alcohol has been around for thousands of years, anybody can make it.
2007-01-24 08:56:20 · answer #7 · answered by JoMama 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are you high now.It is not difficult to grow tobacco or make liquor.
2007-01-24 08:57:13 · answer #8 · answered by HITLERY 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋