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With that framing, you're omitting the most important part of the article: All of the most powerful, most predatory actors in that society are gearing up to ma
by omegaworks 8y ago
With that framing, you're omitting the most important part of the article:
All of the most powerful, most predatory actors in that society are gearing up to make that drug more widely available, experiment with its potency, and capitalize on the notion that it is "the least harmful."
I'm grateful they quoted a Stanford professor speaking truth: "We’ve learned enough about capitalism to know that’s very dangerous."
- Herodotus38 8y agoI agree with you. When I read articles like this: https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/time/5368243/corona-mariguana-cannabis-canada-investment https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/time/5368243/coro... I feel like we are repeating similar mistakes we made with the tobacco industry. That company will be doing everything it can to try and increase cannabis use to make more money. Just like the alcohol and tobacco companies.
- iak8god 8y ago> I feel like we are repeating similar mistakes we made with the tobacco industry. Pot is so much less addictive and damaging to health than tobacco and alcohol, that it makes perfect sense to have it legal and as readily available as those things.
- Herodotus38 8y agoI think that based on the evidence we have you are right about the relative risks. However I 1) think that if we had a do-over, we should outlaw tobacco but keep nicotine legal and 2), based on anecdotal experience I think we will end up finding in 30-40 years the true health/mental health outcomes of cannabis since it will be more easily studied 3) my big worry is less the legalization and more of the perverse incentives companies will have to promote its use through industry funded health studies, advertisements, etc...