Which completely ignores WHY that ratio exists. BECAUSE IT IS STILL ILLEGAL.
Decriminalize it and the price would drop out the bottom.
Tobacco has become a big ticket smuggling item. Why? Because of the idiotic taxation and over-regulation. This will happen with any "in-demand" item on the market that the government wants to restrict.
Decriminalize it and the price would drop out the bottom."
You're ignoring that it is for all practical purposes decriminalized in California. And yet, the per-ounce price of marijuana is still exponentially more expensive than alcohol. Also, I would invite you to look at the per-ounce prices in countries, like the Netherlands, where it is fully decriminalized. The prices there are still just as high as they are here in the States.
With marijuana, you can simply grow your own, and costs almost nothing. You can’t just grow and smoke your own tobacco, like you can pot.
Just like cigarettes and liquor ...