Tobacco:
-47 million in us. use it.
-438 thousand deaths every year (1 in every 5 deaths)
-More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined.
- Deadly Diseases: Lung Cancer, Heart Cancer, Chronic Airway Obstruction, Bronchitis, Emphysema.
-Pluses: ???
Alcohol
-175.6 million life time users in us
-9.4 million abusers.
- 64,000 deaths from harmful drinking (Accidents, Poisoning)
-Brain damage, Liver Cancer.
-Pluses: euphoria
Marijuana
-163 million worldwide
- Very little deaths from the actual marijuana, 120,000 ER appearances from bad judgement from marijuana.
-Affects memory
- 1 joint may equal 4 cigarettes, but most smokers smoke way more than 4 cigarettes between the time a casual pot smoker smokes 2 joints.
- Causes some similair effects to smoking
Pluses
-Euphoria
-Helps depression, Eye problems
- No recorded recorded death in history.
Sources provided by request
My question is: You now know the facts, so tell me, why hasnt the government taken the time to find out tobacco and drinking kills more people. Most people say "Oh, but more people use it". You know wat else less people use that kills a lot more? Crack, Heroine, Memphamthetamines (sorry spelling) any other illegal drug you can think of. So why havent they banned tobacco and drinking, more dangerous than marijuana, which is banned. actually, marijuana is a narcotic substance. using a narcotic substance is addictive. Marijuana also causes brain deterioration. And marijuana doesnt help depression since it is a depressant or there is no proof that is helps certain eye problems.
the main reason why marijuana is not legal is that it mainly affects the Nervous system in such a short time and it causes hallucinations delusions illusions and the use of it will be harmful to you and you may cause harm to others as well. marijuana is not a narcotic lmao THC isn't addictive. U just came to an unfounded conclusion. Give me some proof or show urself to b an idiot. Either way there ur an idiot lol Report It
good point Tobacco absolutely should be illegal! The ONLY reason it isn't is because everyone in Washington smokes or grows tobacco or gets money from tobacco growers.
It's a sick country in some ways but it's better than any other. Obviously if pot were legal, more people would stop smoking cigarettes and drinking. And that's no good for the alcohol and tobacco companies. Great for debate! I agree with you. well it brings in money, they wouldn't want to "ruin the econmy" face it, they care more about making money than peoples' health, sad huh A lot of money comes from taboacco, that is tax money. So the gov't wouldn't risk those millions of dollars. And alchohal, they already tried banning it. result, everybody just kept on drinking. I think tobacco should be illegal but not alchohal. That would incude wine too and one glass of red wine a day is good for you. And what will u drink at the parties? because the us government get so much money off the taxes...thats why they dont want to ban it.it helps pay off all our countrys debt because so much is bought each day... Bravo..good argument.
They cant tax marijuana or it would be very hard to tax it..that's why its illegal. It became illegal in the 20's when Dow chemical company wanted its new nylon rope to sell more than hemp rope. Lobbyist did their jobs and marijuana has been illegal ever since.
The people who make the laws are the main one breaking the law. if the government were to ban alcohol and tobacco period the economy would be crap. the only reason they keep it is for our street signs and guard rails. it sickens me as well. because laws are fuking stupid Hold it Hold it hold it, Been there done that, it was called "Prohibition" made guys like Al Capone millionaires and famous. Organized crime SKY ROCKETED. Don't want another one of those T-shirts. I am an X-smoker and I will tell you that many many people are addicted STRONG enough to cigarettes to commit crimes to get them . . .serious crimes, if it was illegal. Careful what you wish for. i guess the government can't tax it. It's all about the money,isn't it? Because its a big business. We are talking about millions of dollars. Also known as slow legal suicide. Cell phones cause brain tumors too but in Europe everyone and his brother has one.
Plus if Mary Jane was legal it would put organized crime out of business. It would also lower the price of fabrics since Hemp is more resistant then cotton. Also Hemp oil is very healthy and nutrient. It would distroy the market as it is today. Marijuana is illegal, yet it is still the unofficial number one cash crop in at least 5 or 6 states.
Thanks for all the reasons you gave to break the law but I think I'll stay legal. Because,it's easier for people to buy cigarettes than to grow their own tobacco.Plus hardly anybody knows how.Alcohol takes to long time to make.You can just go to the liquior store or the bar.This makes it easier for the Government to control.Mariuana on the other hand ,everybody would have a plantation in there back yard. It only takes mariuana seeds and sun light .The government wouldn't be able to control it. there is a presidential candidate that would end the war on drugs. see below:
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There are a total of 3 honest politicians currently running in the 2 main parties.
In democrat you have:
Mike Gravel and Dennis Kucinich
In republican you have:
Ron Paul.
-Kucinich is decent but I think he isn鈥檛 assertive enough.
-Paul has an awesome grasp on the reality of what government policies are useless and corrupt but I get the impression that he wants to wipe out the government totally. He is a constitutionalist and wants the federal government to only have say in laws described in the constitution and nothing else.
-Mike Gravel is who I am voting for. He is bluntly honest about everything and is a populist and libertarian at the same time all about giving power to the people.
*he wrote the national initiative for democracy (NID). A bill that will give the voting public the ability to vote directly on laws at the federal level. Look at how useless our national representatives have become. Republicans won鈥檛 end the war so we flip democrats into office and once they get there they say oops we changed our minds we also want to drag out the war. http://www.nationalinitiative.us/
*he recently wrote "UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES
WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ ACT" which would make it a felony for the president to continue the war in Iraq if he refused to bring home the troops. It would pass quite easily if done in the way he outlines and if after that the president refused to follow the law he would commit a felony and be automatically impeached by his own actions. http://www.gravel2008.us/?q=node/1191 however the other democrats in office choose to ignore this act because they too want to continue the war. They want to draw out the war as a political maneuver to catapult the party into office due to anti-republican sentiment. Look at the "debates" and this is clear. They are trying to direct all the problems of the universe at bush and the republicans in general when they are just as guilty. (Gravel, Paul, & Kucinich are the only ones that would ACTUALLY end the war if elected. the others are full of it)
*HE is the man that ended the draft in Viet Nam.
*he will END the war on drugs. Stop wasting money on an ineffective program ($7.6 billion per year). End the prohibition on marijuana and make the others prescribe-able and treat addiction as a medical problem rather than a criminal problem. The laws do not seem to stop anyone and turn otherwise rational people into criminals. The United States had an estimated 17,500 metric tons of marijuana available in 2001, or 17,500,000 kilos or 17,500,000,000 grams. If we were to place a tax on marijuana, the United States would take in billions every year. For example, a tax of $2 per gram would bring the street price of a 10 gram pack to about $30-$40 depending on the quality. It would also raise $35 billion per year, which could go to help fund public education; just add general revenues to the system, etc.
*he will declassify all government programs designed to hide the truth from us the American public. While in the senate he read the "pentagon papers" into public record thereby revealing much of Richard Nixon鈥檚 corruption to the people. Nixon attempted to bring charges against him and it went all the way to the Supreme Court where it was decided that a senator could not be prosecuted for declassifying such records that were essential the integrity of the law. All of the front runners looove secrets.
*eliminate the income tax and the IRS. Instantly eliminate the current 67,204 page tax code, instantly eliminate the $10.2 billion cost to run the IRS, instantly eliminate the $256.1 billion cost in compliance costs currently placed on tax payers, and eliminates the payroll tax. Eliminates increased taxes due to tax evasion, eliminates law breaking due to lack of understanding of the tax code, eliminates wealthy special interests tax exemptions that effectively un-tax anyone that can come up with enough write-offs. Creates new tax revenue from foreign tourists, creates new tax revenue from illegal immigrants who currently pay no taxes. The prebate maintains extra income to families that are registered to receive it, and maintains income to people that are between jobs. See fairtax.org
*place all taxes gained from carbon based fuels into a fund to research carbon free forms of energy.
*end all forms of discrimination in the law regarding LGBT. None of this civil union bullcrap. Civil unions are the modern day version of Jim Crow laws.
*Healthcare in the form of vouchers. People don鈥檛 realize that most of our healthcare is already paid by the government in the form of tax write offs your employer gets when they pay for your insurance. Individuals don鈥檛 get this option but they do. All of these tax codes are designed to perpetuate the strangling grip insurance has on everyone. Another reason to abolish the IRS and switch to the "Fairfax" people think they need insurance but insurance is the reason no one can afford healthcare. Cutting out insurance will save millions maby more... instead you apply for a voucher to pay for your basic medical needs or serious issues when you have an emergency. Special treatment and cosmetic procedures would be private pay. The others want to just flush more money into insurance companies.
*all of these things combine into an immigration policy far better than any of the current fluff. Illegals cant apply for healthcare vouchers, illegals can no longer avoid paying taxes and cant receive the prebate which puts a strain on them to want to leave but then this might be unnecessary because the Fairfax will make the prices of American produced products much more competitive globally thereby attracting more businesses here and creating a need for more legal workers. He will abolish NAFTA as it exists now to eliminate the way it funnels money into a few corporations and away from workers.
The end, gravel rocks. Gravel + Paul/Kucinich = best possible combination in the white house. All the others are corrupt and liars.
Here he lectures on the NID and Iraq.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=AmyeBY06lxk
Good Gravel interview... watch to the end for a good laugh.
part 1 watch this first...
http://blip.tv/file/268153
part 2 watch second!
http://blip.tv/file/277049
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