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The only things we (Americans) allow our government to exercise that amount of control over are psychoactive drugs/plants and female reproductive rights. With t
by beenBoutIT 7y ago
The only things we (Americans) allow our government to exercise that amount of control over are psychoactive drugs/plants and female reproductive rights. With things like AR15s or TVs we require unfettered access with no paper trail, but if you want Adderall you'll need 3-sheet triplicate DEA forms and it's a federal crime in all 50 states to possess a growing number of naturally occurring plants and fungi.
- pacaro 7y agoNot to mention lawn darts or kinder eggs
- jessaustin 7y agoUs kids always made lawn darts for ourselves with scrap rebar and an old chopsaw with a cracked switch that shocked you...
- umvi 7y agoThis is an inflammatory comment. "Naturally occurring plants" are illegal in all of the EU as well. Also it's a logical fallacy[2]. Lots of naturally occurring things can have very bad effects on society. Caster beans are natural (and legal). Should we allow people to grow and process them and sell ricin by the vial - after all, it's a naturally occurring protein, right? Should we allow people to grow, process, and sell naturally occurring anthrax bacteria? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20643883 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20643883 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_nature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_nature
- beenBoutIT 7y agoClose reading clears up a simple misunderstanding; "The only things we (Americans) allow our government to exercise that amount of control over are psychoactive drugs/plants and female reproductive rights..." Ricin has nothing to do with female reproductive rights and isn't known to be psychoactive.