Why are cigarettes legal and marijuana illegal?
Cigarettes kill hundreds of people each day and hundreds of thousands of people each year and are legal, while marijuana has killed no one and is used medically and is illegal. According to a 2006 CDC report, tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Cigarette smoking causes an estimated 438,000 deaths each year, or about 1 of every 5 deaths. More deaths are caused each year from tobacco, than all deaths combined from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders. Marijuana has killed 0 people and is used medically and religiously but still illegal.There is no evidence of anyone ever overdosing or dieing from marijuana, in fact, most users of marijuana use it to help there already existing health problems, so why is marijuana illicit and cigarettes not, when cigarettes, as stated on the governments website, kill more people every year then HIV/aids, illegal drug use, alcohol use, car ac
