War on Tobacco

Infinitely Legal Tobacco

The United States has strict regulations regarding the use of substances that are considered dangerous and /or addictive . It is illegal to buy or use street drugs such as marijuana , methamphetamines , cocaine and heroin , and it is illegal to abuse prescription drugs or to take or sell them without a prescription . Even patients who use marijuana (or cannabis ) for medicinal purposes must live in the few states that allow it . In addition , those who choose to drink alcohol must stay within a certain limit in to drive or to

be out in public . Even though it is agreed upon by medical professionals and the public alike that tobacco use is dangerous , the United States government has not and will not wage a war in to stop its use

The war on drugs ' does not include the regulation or eradication of tobacco , in spite of staggeringly-frightening health statistics Tobacco was a cash cow during the growth of the United States in the seventeenth through twentieth centuries , and it was the production of tobacco that allowed farmers , and thus the United States itself , to thrive in spite of adversity . Essentially , the U .S . government hooked its citizens on tobacco , and only later discovered that it was a deadly substance

The government has made few concessions in discouraging use of tobacco , including a minimum age of 18 , additional sales taxes and limits on where one may smoke in public . If the U .S . government were to declare war...