The Legalization Of Marijuana And Tobacco

One of the biggest questions asked about the tobacco industry is why tobacco is legal and marijuana not. Marijuana is highly looked at as a bad recreational drug, although no studies have proven it to cause any harm. On the other hand tobacco is very harmful with causing cancer, pregnancy defects and death. Basically the main reason for this is because the way marijuana is viewed by the public.When people think about marijuana they also think and compare it to other drugs like cocaine, meth, and heroin, because society has the perception that marijuana is the gateway drugs to the rest. When it comes to smoking tobacco cigarettes, society does not always see it as harmful because they have been blinded by the advertising and even the hidden …show more content…
Also because of the power the tobacco companies have, with supporting thousands of people with jobs and the amount of money they bring in.(huffpost.com) With tobacco becoming illegal, our economy would drop and unemployment would skyrocket up. One question the Wordpress asks says “ what is the value of money versus the value of life?” This means, that is money really more important than the lives of our …show more content…
While some would say that in the life we live today money is definitely more important I believe that this could be changed with a bit more regulation. Although people do have the option of not smoking, it is in their hands to decide what they want out of their own lives. There is many health centers that are in place to help people quit smoking and yet many people that say they want to quit smoking don 't take advantage of. This topic did in fact leaves me confused on how I feel about the banning of tobacco. There is both right and wrong in the topic and there 's not really a big reason that is not backed with something that makes it wrong. I feel like in the end eventually people will come to their senses or maybe there will be something bigger that will bring in good tax revenue to our country, but until that happens tobacco will continue to be a big contributor to the economy and the regulation of it will also continue to be a slow process. Smoking is the cause for thousands of deaths each year and many people that are not smokers and are even healthy in their lives are still affected from it because of second hand smoking, but long as there is benefit of it, it will continue to be legal and continue to harm many people every