zenmaster10665

I think you will find that a great deal of "Drug related crime" is from physically addictive drugs (i.e. Heroin, Crack, Cocaine, etc)

I personally think that the main reasons that Marajuana is illegal in the states are:

1. Puritanical religious influences in the US government
2. The fact that weed is incredibly easy to grow and is, therefore, not easily taxable.
3. The tobacco lobby in the US.

Possibly, in a few years, as the tobacco companies continue to lose battles and are forced to spend less of their monies on PAC's, we might see a but of a shift...I dont think anything will happen until then.

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