Producing alcohol products is time intensive, costly, requires a bit of expertise and can be dangerous when dealing with distilling. As for gambling, I'll ask my poker buddies when I see them!
So can tobacco. But nobody grows their own tobacco for personal use
As far as I know, tobacco does not grow in the northern tier of states and requires a more sub-tropical climate to be of any value. Not to many commercial Tobacco farms in the Great Lake states, dontcha know!
And if Marijuana is legal... the State will support the sale and distribution of it. Why?
Did you read my post? Because anyone can grow it, the state or any other govt. entity won't be able to control or tax it!
Yes, anyone can grow it, but NO ONE will.
The state will clamp down on private marijuana growers once it legal.
The State has already done this in the past with cigarettes with no stamps. On untaxed booze.
And even you and your poker buddies. You remember times when even a friendly little game of chance was illegal in most states?
Well, I can promise you that if private growers intefere with the States collection of it tax dollars, there will be hell to pay.
The State always gets its $$$$.