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Drugs have historically been illegal because the population had a moral objection to them, not because of some shady profiteering cabal. People have been crimin
by wyager 11y ago
Drugs have historically been illegal because the population had a moral objection to them, not because of some shady profiteering cabal. People have been criminalizing drug use (with alcohol being the most common target) for a very long time.
Non-violent crimes have been a concept long before someone stood to make money off them. (Of course, that doesn't imply that they make sense.)