Over 10 thousand (which is way over 9 thousand) people that don't have anything to do with drugs die in drug related crimes each year (mistaken house for drive-by, mugged and killed for drug money, ect)

It just doesn't work that way regarding "choice" between non-smoking and smoking establishments.

Out of laziness and/or a need to keep costs down, bars and some restaurants will just surrender to the constant bitching of the poor, poor little cancer stick junkies and everybody else will just have to put up with their shitty smoke, just like it was for decades before the non-smokers finally got sick of it and did something.

Not to mention the pressure that the smoking lobby can exert, with their billions of dollars in drug money.

I've never met a more selfish bunch of cry babies than cigarette smokers.

They won't think twice about blowing smoke in your face, but they'll cry like little bitches when somebody finally gets sick of their shit and does something about it.

The stupid part is that if there was any genuine concern with stopping the flow of heroin out of Afghanistan, the Taliban would still be in place. They had all but stopped the production of poppy. Yet the first season after the Taliban was ousted the production went from 180 tons to nearly 4000 tons.

Read Crossing the Rubicon in it there's a good explanation why the drug war is so important to the world economy. Basically, the drug cartels use big business to launder their money, big business uses the drug money to make major purchases at lower cost to them than if they borrowed the money from banks, and the prison/law industries need the drug users to keep their prisons and court rooms full, so they can keep the public thinking they need more cops and jails.

There's far more money to be made for everyone concerned if the Drug War continues, so don't expect to see it change any time soon.

Not a great movie but underrated. The murderous 13-year-old child, evil kid softball team and mayors corrupted by drugs and drug money are already here. Except for the softball team. Time for more Nuke.