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Why are sigarets coffee and alcohol do not count as drugs and marijuana does? |
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Honestly, it's because alcohol production, tobacco farming and coffee plantations were large and powerful in the 19th century when agricultural policy started to become a thing. If we just discovered coffee or tobacco today, they probably would be banned now, too. Marijuana does have certain stronger effects than either tobacco, alcohol, or coffee does, but most experts don't think it's any more harmful--other than perhaps the breathing of smoke. Similarly, if aspirin were discovered today it would be by prescription only, but it's so old that it's not.
Overuse of marijuana does tend to rub off someone's intellectual prowess over time, just as overuse of coffee or alcohol have their own side effects, so it is important to keep in mind that marijuana is not without effects.
However, because marijuana is illegal, in order to buy or sell it you have to engage in transactions with people doing illegal things. This exposure to illegal activity can put users at risk for trying more serious, legitimately prohibited drugs or other risky activities. That is the only "actual" danger in use of marijuana.
Since alcohol, coffee, and tobacco are old--they are protected and allowed. Since marijuana is more recent, it is prohibited. It isn't really anything more complex than that.
First answer by Teledain. Last edit by Teledain. Contributor trust: 194 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 0 [recommend question]
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