Why are cigarettes legal, but marijuana illegal?

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Originally Posted by That Guy

i don't really see how it's funny or weird. opium is illegal and natural. uranium is natural, but it's illegal to possess it under most situations, etc...

opium and uranium are both processed -- marijuana is not. that is the key difference. you could own 1000 acres of land and have some natural marijuana plants growing, without being aware, and you'd be committing a crime. you didn't plant it, you don't sustain it -- but it's illegal because uncle sam says so. bullshit -- that's nature.

now, if you were growing poppy plants, and making opium from it, that doesn't compare. but the point is: opium doesn't make itself.