Why are drugs(cocaine, ecstacy etc.) illegal but alcohol and smoking are not?
Posted on Mar 30, 2009 under Smoke | 7 CommentsIs it because the goverment can't TAX it? Smoking and alcohol kills more people yearly than drugs in a decade but you don't see them being banned.
March 30th, 2009 at 9:54 am
If you owned cigarette and alcohol businesses would you want another product to cannibalize your sales?
The cigarette and alcohol lobbies in Washington want to keep things just the way they are.
March 30th, 2009 at 9:54 am
They are too profitable to Uncle. At least if they would legalize they could control the purity of the substances and then even fewer deaths would occur.
Logic and politics rarely travel together.
March 30th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Because moderate use of cocaine and ecstasy is still a lot more dangerous than moderate use of alcohol and smoking. I do think that everything should be legal though, so that people can choose their mistakes.
March 30th, 2009 at 9:54 am
well … all of them should be illegal .. because it's all harmfull
March 30th, 2009 at 9:54 am
Simple reason, People who use alcohol and cigarrettes don't go out and commit crimes to get the money to purchase them.
Cigarettes don't change your personality.
March 30th, 2009 at 9:54 am
cocaine and ecstacy are alot worse then alcohol and smoking. they can hurt you alot more ways. yes they all can kill you but have you ever meet a person on drugs as bad as these. they mess you up alot worse then the other do
March 30th, 2009 at 9:54 am
it is because the people that make up the law won't support a bill including all of those drugs to be pass because they value their career but if we the people would have a vote at it most likely a few of the drug would be legal to us not all of them but some would be