More thought provoking answers. Another question. Since it's not the other drugs causing the majority of

Question

diseases and deaths in this world, why the h**l is tobacco legal and other drugs not? Drug wars are selective. Have you noticed?

Nancy

Answer 1

drugs are illegal to keep illegal immigrants out of the country i know this is the only reason (it isn't working)

Answer 2

Are you sure about your belief? other drugs cause plenty of health problems, it is just because they are illegal, you do not hear about it. Many other drugs cause death, health problems, mental problems, and should be illegal. Tobacco is and has been legal, but then it is only "proved" that it causes health problems, because who is going to shut down big business and factories to prevent their health issues, or tell you that you can no longer drive your car because of the health risks involved. There are countries that have much higher rates of smokers than the US, without all the "related" health problems. It could be from all the additives in our food, rather than the tobacco. After all, radon gas is the second major cause for lung cancer.

Answer 3

Tobacco and alcohol should be illegal, but only if the public supports the new laws.

Answer 4

Bad drivers cause more death and destruction in this world than any thing else but no one cares about that..

Answer 5

you are 100% correct.  Drugs laws, especially in the US, are selective and illogical.  Especially when you consider that many of the drugs that are illegal are dangerous, purely because they are illegal, is just government madness.

Any drug issue is a health problem, not a criminal one.  The fastest way to fix the drug problem is deciminalise everything, make it clean and regulate its use and tax it heavily.  But the not many Governments have the balls to do that.

Answer 6

Because tobacco has NEVER been thought to have cause people to harm others, or cause disorderly conduct. That's why Alcohol is a much better candidate to make illegal and is why is WAS illegal for 13 years.

Answer 7

legalize everything.  we hire the government to work out the business details on things.  government has no business telling us what we can or cannot do.  government is employed by us to do a job, nothing more.

Answer 8

They are in the process of trying to pass another bill to hike the taxes on cigarettes....look how it was during Prohibition...our democratic form of government is slip sliding away little by little. I've noticed a lot and so have a bunch of other people, but what ya gonna do about it, no leverage???