Money. It makes money for the government through taxes. That is the only reason it is legal...because of the huge amounts of money it brings in. And that is exactly why marijuana is illegal...because they would have no way of controlling the producers (tax payers).
However, to be fair nicotine (consituent of tobacco) does have accepted medical potential. For example, nicotine patches are used to potentiate the effects of haloperidol and pimozide in patients suffering from tourette's syndrome. So it would be more fitting to label tobacco as schedule II (accepted medical use and highly addictive), the same class that includes methylphenidate (Ritalin), cocaine, methamphetamine (Desoxyn), morphine, etc. However, this is not the case.
It is interesting to note that most Schedule I substances do have medical uses (whether generally accepted or not) but are considered too "addictive" or "dangerous" to give to the general public. For example, heroin has ample medical uses since it is broken down into morphine (schedule II) to be used by the body, but when injected this substance can be extremely habit-forming. Other schedule I examples include LSD or psilocybin (mushrooms) which can be used to treat cluster headaches (aka suicide headaches), but are relatively non habit-forming. In summary, the scheduling of substances does not reflect so much on how addictive a substance is or what medical potential exists. Instead, substance classifications are more of a reflection of social attitudes and taboos surrounding them.
Tobacco is not an addictive substance. Its nicotine, dear.
Nicotine
Nicotine
Tobacco
the purpose of tobacco is money. the purpose of any other answer is to distract from this fact. pretty logical if your intelligence is higher than the masses.
Apex :) Nicotine is the addictive substance that is found on tobacco.
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Nicotine.
vasoconstriction
Medical code 4004F is for tobacco screening.
Nicotine is the addictive substance, an alkaloid that is a stimulant in small doses.
Substance: Physical matter; material; The essential part of anything; the most vital part; Considerable wealth or resources; drugsTobacco is not a substance in the sense of "controlled substance," at least not yet. Nor is nicotine, the drug it contains.
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Carcinogens.
The answer is: Nicotine
yes.. It is Nicotin.
It contains an addictive substance called nicotine
tar
Tobacco
I would like to say that is it tobacco that is labeled as pipe tobacco to avoid certain taxes, but it's ok to roll in cigarettes as well.
The answer is: Tar
Anyone using it as a cigarette, chew, or snus.
It makes you dependent on a substance for instant gratification