They have tried marjuana prohibition and it failed; did you know, there are more marijuana arrests than violencet contact arrest. Drugs have more restrictions now than the prohibition, like money, doctors, and age limits. Tobacco was the first thing to be regulating and still is(only one). All prohibitions have been a fail and an upset; they have just made the problems worst. Drugs have been in a prohibition from Richard Dixon, which he spent 1 trillion dollars to stop it and mow there are 2.3 million people in jail and over half of them are because of drugs. United states has wasted more than 320 billion dollars on drug trade, over 240 million people that use drugs. The U.S. taxes 46.7 billion dollars to the drug user. They would make more money by enforcing drug laws. 18 states and the district of columbia have access to marijuana for medical use.