Why isn't alcohol a schedule 1 drug?

There are actually several answers to this question. The obvious one is “we tried that.” The Great Experiment taught a lesson in why prohibition doesn't work that was powerful enough that it took us two generations to forget. read more

Money is the answer. Alcohol isn’t scheduled because of money just like Cannabis is scheduled because of money. Our government makes a brutal mass killing in alcohol taxes as alcohol consumption isn’t just legal, its celebrated. read more

There are thousands of substances that meet that definition that are not classified schedule 1. The psychoactive effect of nicotine is so mild that it just isn't considered a "drug" the way other schedule 1 substances are, despite technically falling under the definition of drug. read more