Originally posted by krisy
Tobacco doesn't make people get in their cars and drive erratically and kill people though.
You are right. Tobacco isn't mind altering, but it is body altering. And the jury is still out on secondhand smoke and non-smokers. Tobacco is more addictive than heroin, and has a political lobby stretching back to about 1600. Don't worry about tobacco, the only way to get rid of it is to burn the fields. BTW, I smoked for 22 years, have been smoke free for about 13 months. My lungs still feel the effects when I PT. And not a day goes by that I don't seriously rationalize that "only one" would be ok.
As far as alcohol goes,I could care less about it,because I don't drink. I don't believe cigs can be compared to drugs. Drugs are mind altering,cigarettes may be addictive,but don't cause the problems in society that drugs do such as murder,rape,abuse of all kinds.theft etc...
But alcohol is a drug as well. It's an addictive drug that spawned an amendment to the constitution, and jump started organized crime in America. Without Alcohol the FBI wouldn't be what it is today. It's like saying "I don't care about cocaine because I don't do cocaine." Alcohol causes more deaths to innocents than the hard core drugs. Look at the dead and injured from drug crime v. drunk driving. Also look at the domestic abuse stats from so-called mean drunks.
I won't argue about the effects of nicotine,but it just can't compare to drugs in society.
I respectfully disagree and so would the American Cancer Society. So long as we regulate a legal Alcohol/Tobacco industry, the rest of the drug war is hypocracy.
Just my 2 pennies in a nickel world.