• Jericho_Kane@lemmy.org
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    5 days ago

    It’s poison, quite literally. State sponsored leathal posion. But it makes money and it’s legal, so it’s very cool.

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        3 days ago

        I didn’t say they should make it illegal. But stip being hypocrits about it. They still need studies to legalize marijuana, because there isn’t enough data for it to be save and jada jada. Okay, but we have more than enough data that shows just how bad and dangerous both alcohol and cigarettes are.

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        2 days ago

        yes it will, it will criminalize the poor while there will be more profitable legal alternatives for the rich …

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        3 days ago

        Historically that has not been the trend. Prohibition had related issues that could be dealt with, with the hindsight we have now but it you look at it, Prohibition was successful at reducing alcoholism. Secondly, no one said to make it illegal, just to put warnings on it to reduce consumption. Thirdly, there are other ways of reducing consumption besides outright criminalization, like raising taxes on a product significantly or limiting its sales for individuals.