And why is it illegal to smoke weed, but not to drink alchohol.
2007-09-12 07:02:10 · 5 answers · asked by marccat80 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Alcohol plays a huge part in crime. Domestic Violence, Assaults and Battery, DUI of course, and just plain drunk if public.
Weed, no, not to much. A few DUI's but most pot heads just lay there and try to decide what to do if they got up.
The marijuana laws tend to be arcane. One of the major forces to make it a Federal Crime was with the support of the alcohol lobby. In California, simple possession is punishable by a $100 fine. That's it.
Remember, in some counties around the country it is still illegal to drink. If you remember the Andy Griffith Show, the county he was sheriff was a dry county.
2007-09-12 07:15:41 · answer #1 · answered by Songbyrd JPA ✡ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
While there is some facts in there, there are several generalized and misleading statements. There are a lot of private prisons, yes. There are a lot of nonviolent offenders in prisons but most are for other drugs besides weed, or no drugs at all. However, that figure actually may be closer to 70 percent non violent than you think in private prisons simply because they have the ability to choose their inmates. They purposely pick less violent, more stable prisoners so that they can "rehabilitate" them and get good scores in that area, and brag about how good a prison they are while they let all the really messed up people go to public prisons.
2016-05-17 22:40:44 · answer #2 · answered by marilyn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I seriously doubt alcohol plays a part in most crime. Your hardened criminals want to be thinking clearly, and they know alcohol impairs judgement.
As far as weed, the same principle applies, with an exception, many crimes are committed by people wanting to get money to buy drugs. This would figure to be a very large percentage.
The simple answer to why weed is illegal: the lawmakers decide that. Alcohol was actually illegal during prohibition, but the public was able to convice lawmakers to change that. The public has not had the same success with weed.
2007-09-12 07:08:56 · answer #3 · answered by trooper3316 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Weekend crimes are 10 times higher than weekdays due to alcohol OR drugs.
Weed's illegal, because the courts can't prove an accident or death was caused by someone under the influence of it, but they can if alcohol's involved.
2007-09-12 07:13:17 · answer #4 · answered by Amy Beware 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Economics!
2007-09-12 07:11:33 · answer #5 · answered by Wounded Duck 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋