It is harmful to the government because the don't tax it yet.

It alters your mind too much and it cannot be regulated.

Because the goverment is stupid.

Because tobacco can be easily taxed.

you are mistaken when you say marijuana is less harmful than tobacco. the link below will give you some useful information. peace. http://www.galesburg205.org/king/special.htm

There are several reasons. A well-thought history of the criminalization of pot is here: http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/stories/2003/12/22/whyIsMarijuanaIllegal.html

Because it is a mind altering drug that can be horribly abused. The next question is: alcohol is a mind altering drug, too. Why isn't it banned? Well, they tried, but alcohol has been around for too long and it's too easy to make. They let it come back because it was actually safer to have legal alcohol than to have people drinking moonshine that may or may not be toxic. Marajuana doesn't have this problem - it's not been around long, it's not a manufactured drug, and it's not something that would be deadly if prepared wrong. It's deadly, but not because it's prepared wrong. Also, alcohol can be used in a way that's not mind altering - cooking! Marajuana can't claim that. If we could find a way to control alcohol so that it can only be used in cooking and religious services, that would be the way to go. Marajuana has no good use (except as medication, and that is highly controversial), so therefor we have no reason to legalize it. Keep it illegal and keep cracking down on the people who have/use it, except as medication. Especially if they're driving while high; they're putting me and all my family at risk then, and I don't appreciate that.

all about the coins - tobacco lobby sends billions to their pocket congressmen every year to protect them, If big dope spent as much as big tobacco it would be on every billboard & bus ad in the country

I don't know about it being less harmful (although it probably is), but it does have a greater effect on people than tobacco. Past that, more people smoke tobacco and have been doing it longer than people smoking pot. Tobacco's been a major cash crop for a couple of hundred years, people thought it was good for you or at least not too bad, and who wants to throw away a habit of centuries? If tobacco and alcohol were just invented last month, they would be illegal.

Good question. I vote we legalize pot and outlaw tobacco.

Because marijuana is villianised by americans who remember to vote. Not that they've ever used it, or know anything about it. It's evil because their pastor or priest says so. It's evil because it drives people to rape and murder, or so they seem to think. And my personal favorite bullshit excuse is that it's a gateway drug. Seeing as how tobacco is the first drug used by most hard core addicts, one should call it the gateway drug.

1. Marijuana is not less harmful. Marijuana is worse for your body, it's just that you don't smoke it as much. It also causes other (behavioral) problems. 2. Since marijuana alters mind, behavior and mood it ist herefore even more potentially dangerous, not only to the self but to others. 3. If it were legal more people would grow it--it couldn't be as regulated as easily as alcohol & tobacco. 4. Because of #3 (above) tax (revenue) dollars would be lost or else companies would have to compete on prices & it wouldn't be cost-effective to produce. That is always a possible problem with any grown crop. Not too many people grown their own tobacco or make their own alcohol, so these companies aren't worried. 5. Too many people are addicted to tobacco right now + there too much money involved with tobacco to get rid of it. This ironically includes medical treatment. 7. Not as many people would choose to use marijuana as choose to smoke tobacco. (not everyone are dopers) 8. Some people think that by getting marijuana legalized it might open the door to other drugs.In other words, they recognize that tobacco and alcohol are drugs already,and do not want to ADD TO the list. Again, not everyone are dopers. Not everyone smokes tobacco, nor drinks alcohol either. Your question should have been marijuana vs alcohol. At least that one would have shown us what hypocrites we are. The reality is that we probably we never eliminate drug use in our society, whether it be tobacco, alcohol, or any other type of drug. The philosophy of keeping something illegal is to reduce it's use. Does it really work? It seems like it just drives up the price, the risk, and the danger (criminal element). Illegal drugs become even more "fun" because of the risk, and everyone ignores the potential harm. So what's the difference whether it's illegal or not?

Not true.Marijuana causes, Acute panic anxiety reactions Raises heart rate by as much as 50%,depending on amount of THC. Can cause chest pains in people who have poor blood supply to the heart faster than tobacco smoke. Marijuana also has more cancer causing agents than tobacco. www.well.com/user/woa/fspot.htm

Tax. and tobacco doesn't alter behaviour whereas weed does. I suppose although I think that most drugs people should be allowed to use at least in their own homes.

people who consume this, and other similar drugs, are less likely to be mind-controlled by religious and other machines. if most would smoke it, the economies would collapse too soon. my personal point: it would be very good for our planet if there were no economies or mind-controlling machines. since this is not the case, we must stick to the legal version of doing things, for the sake of survival. also, some people may simply die if consumed. the same is with alcohol. i did not smoke it but i knew some who did, and all they did all the time was to find some more of it.

A wonderful question that has never been answered to my satisfaction. +2

because it isnt true, it is more harmful than tobacco. and it effects the brain the same way as drink does, harder to concentrate and make the correct decisions, etc etc, lol its pretty obvious why its illegal, driving stoned has the same effects as driving drunk so they say, but i drive stoned all the time and its never effected me. the only reason its illegal is because the government wouldnt make money off it, people would just grow thier own.

I suggest reading: Michael Ruppert - Crossing The Rubicon. Ruppert is an Ex-LA police officer who quit his job to become an activist after the CIA tried to recruit him into their drug smuggling operations. You can call him a conspiracy theorist if you like; he doesn't mind at all.

because the government is retarded like that