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Just about the last thing the US needs is another drug related black market problem. The US should generally be liberalizing on drug access and use, not making
by adventured 7y ago
Just about the last thing the US needs is another drug related black market problem. The US should generally be liberalizing on drug access and use, not making more recreational drugs illegal.
There is a reasonable action between making it illegal and having e-cigarettes without any restrictions at all.
- autokad 7y agoits mind boggling that the same jurisdictions that want to make e-cigarettes illegal want to make shrooms and marijuana legal. absolutely mind boggling.
- michaelt 7y agoPresumably they believe the problem is things that are addictive rather than things that are drugs.
- spacemanmatt 7y agoMarijuana and mushrooms are not that harmful compared to e-cigarettes. It's a rational approach.
- makomk 7y agoDidn't that story about a mysterious rise in lung disease tied to vaping a couple of weeks ago implicate marijuana as the cause?
- Nasrudith 7y agoI heard THC technically it could indicate a lack of quality control in their products or delivery mechanism. Like bathtub gin for blindness - while alcohol isn't healthy the methanol was the actual cause. Expired vaccines have killed people for instance.
- spacemanmatt 7y agoNo, it implicated tobacco/nicotine based products. And it sounds like something significantly more dangerous than the usual vape products are involved. People have been vaping for years without being hospitalized their first few months of usage. This sticks out as highly unusual, regardless of your views on vape safety overall.
- ajurna 7y agoThis is a case of particularly bad reporting. These cases are all related not to nicotine but to THC and other drugs being tainted. https://www.leafly.com/news/health/tainted-vape-carts-sicken-7-california-safety-report-leafly?fbclid=IwAR3KxkuBa6xB923fH3iEDN5Nmw68e-p3BnPXXORFXBzXIOTUvwOTrllohnI https://www.leafly.com/news/health/tainted-vape-carts-sicken...
- refurb 7y agoYou're arguing smoking marijuana (burning it and inhaling the byproducts) is less harmful than e-cigarettes. I highly doubt that.
- wpietri 7y agoNobody is proposing a ban on nicotine gum and patches. Any actual addicts will be able to get their fix. So a ban on another nicotine delivery system doesn't seem to me like a big risk for, say, Colombian cartels smuggling in black-lab vape cartridges.
- kmlx 7y agoi think you haven't research the problem at all. banning never works. no circumstance makes banning stuff acceptable. you can however limit access. otherwise you're just exploiting your own fears to drive people into doing your bidding.
- digitalengineer 7y agoThen ban advertising of ANY kind for tabacco-related products. No cool kids or influencers, no flashy magazines, no outdoor ads and so on.
- ferzul 7y agoyes, the worst thing about the hitman trade is that it's unregulated so you can't get your money back if they kill you instead since the other guy offered a better rate. better to legalize it so these disputes can be resolved in court. and to keep regulations to a minimum so the industry can continue to innovate exciting new options. i completely agree that the ban on murder for hire has been a total failure and should be rescinded immediately.
- kmlx 7y agohow's the war on drugs going?