if the government put taxes on marijuana they’d legalize it, except they can’t really do that because it can be grown at home. but still, if they sold it in shops, they could gain so much from it..? however alcohol and cigarettes are manufactured and sold in shops with high taxes so they gain a shit load of money out of that. and let’s face it, marijuana, for many reasons, is way less harmful than let’s say alcohol. this is just my opinion though and maybe i have something wrong, very probable. but that is all ~