Governments don't care if people are intoxicated as long as they make some tax money. Cigarettes kill thousands every year and yet the government doesn't give a flying fuck as long as they make a percentage off every pack sold.

But suddenly, in British Columbia, Canada at any rate, the government is becoming more anti-cigarettes. And while some of us may think that this is out of concern for citizens' safety....no. It's only because they've finally realized that long-term smoking costs them a lot more in health care costs (in Canada we have public health care that comes out of tax money) than they make off the cigarette sales.

Legalization will only happen if we can negotiate with a government finance dude and convince them it's in their best interests.