It is labeling what it is given the current culture. Saying 'smoking pot is a crime' is only a statement of what something is given the current law. It in no

It is labeling what it is given the current culture. Saying 'smoking pot is a crime' is only a statement of what something is given the current law. It in no way implies that it should be a crime, only that to that person in that jurisdiction, it is currently a crime. The same logic for laws holds for mores.