Why does the government ban marijuana but not alcohol which is far more detrimental to society?

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It's been tried. They would if they could. Alcohol is too easy to produce and too hard to control. They get better results taxing it. The results, of course, is making money. All prohibitions are just government enforced monopolies. Everything that is prohibited is still available and it is sold by people in the government. The CIA is known for it.