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It's unbelievable that in 2021 Cannabis is still a Schedule 1 Drug but Alcohol and Tobacco are responsible for more death and have killed more people in America

It's unbelievable that in 2021 Cannabis is still a Schedule 1 Drug but Alcohol and Tobacco are responsible for more death and have killed more people in America than all the Wars. https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/features/excessive-alcohol-deaths.html https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/features/excessive-alcohol-death... >Excessive alcohol use is responsible for more than 95,000 deaths in the United States each year, or 261 deaths per day. https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/index.htm >Each year, nearly half a million Americans die prematurely of smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke. Another 16 million live with a serious illness caused by smoking. Each year, the United States spends more than $225 billion on medical care to treat smoking-related disease in adults. Our Government is a Kakistocracy. I really don't believe the current administration will legalize it and any election promises were lies.

rantwasp 5y ago
you should see what sugar does. I think sugar is even worse than alcohol. We put that shit in everything and our kids are addicted to it by the time they are 5. it's ridiculous. but... weed! think about the children!
- chillwaves 5y ago
  I'm with you, but I am afraid we are alone out here. Maybe if we could get people to think of sugar as a drug. At least it is refined in a way that makes it dangerous.
  - rantwasp 5y ago
    I have a thing I say and for some reason it always shocks people: "Sugar should be a Schedule I drug" It meet all the criteria but it's so normalized in our society that people are shocked when I argue this point. Now, some some weed? Grab the pitchforks everyone. This pothead is destroying the fabric of our society /s
unishark 5y ago
I'd say society is converging towards outlawing all three. Both smoking and alcohol are vastly more limited and regulated than they used to be. Activist groups like MADD who are blocking decriminalization would certainly be happy to also ban all of the above.

rantwasp 5y ago

you should see what sugar does. I think sugar is even worse than alcohol. We put that shit in everything and our kids are addicted to it by the time they are 5. it's ridiculous. but... weed! think about the children!

chillwaves 5y ago
I'm with you, but I am afraid we are alone out here. Maybe if we could get people to think of sugar as a drug. At least it is refined in a way that makes it dangerous.
- rantwasp 5y ago
  I have a thing I say and for some reason it always shocks people: "Sugar should be a Schedule I drug" It meet all the criteria but it's so normalized in our society that people are shocked when I argue this point. Now, some some weed? Grab the pitchforks everyone. This pothead is destroying the fabric of our society /s

unishark 5y ago

I'd say society is converging towards outlawing all three. Both smoking and alcohol are vastly more limited and regulated than they used to be. Activist groups like MADD who are blocking decriminalization would certainly be happy to also ban all of the above.