Nicotine as an illegal "narcotic"
If nicotine were banned it would be subjected to the same iron law of prohibition- a satanic deception sold to the gullible as a "moral" public health measure- with the shift to infinitely more concentrated forms and modes of use. The following is excerpted from an article "On the road to crack nicotine?" http://ecigaretteblog.com/on-the-road-to-crack-nicotine-b887/ The tobacco companies聮 standard objection is that higher taxes will lead to more cigarette smuggling. The anti-tobacco crowd聮s standard response is to demand adjacent cities and states have ever-higher tobacco taxes as well. Yet the entire argument regarding increased taxes and cigarette smuggling is irrelevant and astoundingly na茂ve. The true threat is unimaginably worse. Nicotine as an Insecticide Nicotine is a naturally occurring substance found in many plants, such as eggplant. Its highest concentration occurs in tobacco leaves. Its function is to protect the plant against insects, i.e.,