Can anyone tell me why???

Question

One of the questions that I answered the other day has gotten me thinking... The question was about the thought of legalizing marijuana...
The more I thought about it, the more I started thinking about why it is legal for tobacco to be grown and harvested for companies that make cigarettes to add nicotine to it, so that we become addicted to it, when it is a well-known fact that smoking is harmful to your health....but it is illegal to smoke, grow, or possess marijuana???
Marijuana and tobacco both contain tar, which is the agent that causes most of the health related problems that are associated with smoking, but cigarettes also have nicotine in them,,,,which marijuana does not..
Also. marijuana has already been proven to have some benefits to those with certain health problems,,,,but not cigarettes...they have only been proven to cause problems..
This is an honest question..so I would appreciate honest-to-goodness opinions on the subject.. Does anyone else feel as I do??

What about alcohol also?? Is that not a "mind-altering drug"?? We all know the effects that long-term use of that has on the body, not to mention the addiction of it...AND the alcohol related auto crashes.... So why is that legal???

Answer 1

Personally speaking.....I do beleive pot should be legalized.

There are just too many benefits that outweigh the problem.

We have 1000's of people crossing the border saying "majority rules" and that we are a nation in which the people rule. People have voted state after state and voted to legalize pot. But...it's still illegal. I don't get it either.

I, personally, don't like pot. Never did a thing for me. But it has helped so many. If there wasn't a need for it ...and if anything else could do the same thing.....why are they doing this?

I never did it for my illness. I have temporal-lobe epilepsy. I have been given tons of drugs from phenobarbitol to dilantin. Doesn't work.... I never chose to do illegal drugs. Guess I was just more afraid of jail than an answer. Yet...there have been professional tests trying this and they get better results than legal drugs. I suffered with migraines in which they say this would work. There are people suffering with chemotherapy that could be helped. This is a plant. A natural drug that God himself put here for our use. Yes...we may abuse it.....but if it's an answer for those who NEED it? Who are we? That's like paying for water and dirt. It was already here for our use. Who decides when what was given should then be charged for? Or...made illegal?

Answer 2

marijuana has its own addictive properties and alters chemicals in the brain, thats why its considered a scheduled drug. granted nicotine does the same thing, just not to the same extent - but the lumber companies dont want it legalized because hemp is cheaper to produce paper and paper products. its all about money, sadly.

(occluderx - prescription drugs can be terribly dangerous and they are legal! adults are legally prescribed pain killers and kids STILL get ahold of them! opiate addiction from oxycontin, hydrocodone, and morphine are the leading cause of kids under 21 having to go into rehab!! making any drug LEGAL and trying to regulate it DOESNT mean it won't become an epidemic!)

response to your details: alcohol use and abuse can yeild dire consequences. i think it should be illegal as well.

Answer 3

Sometimes I wonder if part of the reason pot will never be legal is that there would be no benefit to the economy. People would just grow their own.

I would think the health risks far outweigh the benefits of marijuana. The long term effects are unknown. Mainly, you can't have people driving and working while under the influence. It would just add to the everyday problems in our world.

Answer 4

Nicotine is a drug and has some useful benefits except that it is Highly addictive so it is not usually prescribed.

THC is a Drug and it should be legalized if only to ensure that it stays OUT of the hands of Children.

Legal distribution systems work better at deterring children from Access, or thereafter trying 'products' then does keeping a product illegal.

Answer 5

Marijuana is'nt the innocent social drug that it's claimed to be. A lot of people, Jim Morrison, and John Lennon included, stated that their worst high was from pot. Smoking one joint has the effects of smoking a pack of cigarettes on the lungs.

Answer 6

I don't believe marijuana contains tar.

Tabacco lobbys have left it legal. I would honestly prefer to see it all legal. The government would make money on the taxes after it went off the black market which also mean crime would go down and we would spend less money on prisons.

Answer 7

Why do these man try and control different aspects of your experience on this planet?

Because they are limited in mind they need something to do, making men laws keeps you and them in toil.

It is all about a fear that they need to "control" things and it stems from their ignorance.

Nothing should be illegal because our true nature dies when it is bound by the law of men.