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Why not just make it outright illegal to advertise substances manufactured for medical or recreational consumption? I think it would lead to a better common gr

Why not just make it outright illegal to advertise substances manufactured for medical or recreational consumption? I think it would lead to a better common ground to legalization of recreational drugs.

TaylorAlexander 5y ago
I really want the state to get out of the game in messing with drugs. Marijuana shops in California all use advertising to find customers. I’m not sure what we would gain by making that illegal.
- bobbytakeitwith 5y ago
  > I’m not sure what we would gain by making that illegal. To avoid creating new customers? IMHO, it shouldn't be a goal of society to tempt people into ingesting things that they don't need to. To me, glorifying substances through marketing doesn't help the consumer. If a person understands that they want to use a substance, they can discover a vendor.
  - TaylorAlexander 5y ago
    > To avoid creating new customers I really want the state out of the game of controlling drug use.
  - vasco 5y ago
    > IMHO, it shouldn't be a goal of society to tempt people into ingesting things that they don't need to. No ads for ice cream, chips, any cakes or pastries, etc. Great world you'd create.
    - vincnetas 5y ago
      In all seriousness, i would prefer that. Good thing that at least some countries have added taxes on sugar.
    - nicoburns 5y ago
      Would it be so bad to ban advertising for unhealthy foods? Anybody who wanted to eat them would still be able to, they just wouldn't constantly be bombarded with the temptation when they may not otherwise have been thinking about it.
      - vasco 5y ago
        I'll reply with a popular joke that should apply to the three current replies about "why would that be bad": "The doctor told me to stop drinking, smoking and having sex. I asked him if it would make me live longer and he said: no, but the time will feel longer." So just optimise for what you want, but forbidding these sort of things forces others to leave the same dull life you want to live.
        nicoburns 5y ago
        Right, but forbidding advertising them is very different to forbidding them. The idea is to allow people to make a freer choice about what they truly want rather than being influenced into doing them.
    - digisud 5y ago
      Indeed. Instead of seeing it all the time and getting unhealthy due to this, i would only get it when I think about it. I'm lost on why you don't like that? Do you stop buying sugar water if the stop advertising them?

TaylorAlexander 5y ago

I really want the state to get out of the game in messing with drugs. Marijuana shops in California all use advertising to find customers. I’m not sure what we would gain by making that illegal.

bobbytakeitwith 5y ago
> I’m not sure what we would gain by making that illegal. To avoid creating new customers? IMHO, it shouldn't be a goal of society to tempt people into ingesting things that they don't need to. To me, glorifying substances through marketing doesn't help the consumer. If a person understands that they want to use a substance, they can discover a vendor.
- TaylorAlexander 5y ago
  > To avoid creating new customers I really want the state out of the game of controlling drug use.
- vasco 5y ago
  > IMHO, it shouldn't be a goal of society to tempt people into ingesting things that they don't need to. No ads for ice cream, chips, any cakes or pastries, etc. Great world you'd create.
  - vincnetas 5y ago
    In all seriousness, i would prefer that. Good thing that at least some countries have added taxes on sugar.
  - nicoburns 5y ago
    Would it be so bad to ban advertising for unhealthy foods? Anybody who wanted to eat them would still be able to, they just wouldn't constantly be bombarded with the temptation when they may not otherwise have been thinking about it.
    - vasco 5y ago
      I'll reply with a popular joke that should apply to the three current replies about "why would that be bad": "The doctor told me to stop drinking, smoking and having sex. I asked him if it would make me live longer and he said: no, but the time will feel longer." So just optimise for what you want, but forbidding these sort of things forces others to leave the same dull life you want to live.
      - nicoburns 5y ago
        Right, but forbidding advertising them is very different to forbidding them. The idea is to allow people to make a freer choice about what they truly want rather than being influenced into doing them.
  - digisud 5y ago
    Indeed. Instead of seeing it all the time and getting unhealthy due to this, i would only get it when I think about it. I'm lost on why you don't like that? Do you stop buying sugar water if the stop advertising them?