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For some reason, anything that seems to alter consciousness is bad and is forbidden for use almost immediately by most authorities around the world. Except alco

For some reason, anything that seems to alter consciousness is bad and is forbidden for use almost immediately by most authorities around the world. Except alcohol and tobacco, you can go wild with that because it's safe \s I will never, ever understand why Marijuana is illegal, I can guarantee you, even if this thing is relatively harmless, it will be outlawed immediately.

ttyprintk 4y ago
Recreational additives become illicit drugs based on the characteristics of the people who use them. As another poster mentioned about LSD analogues in Berlin, the users are likely well below the radar of criminal association. Viagra suffers no possibility of becoming illicit because its users are in power. Using marijuana in the 20th century suggested the threat of new forms of desegregated music and society.
- moe091 4y ago
  I can't tell which direction the causation goes in this case(I mean I'm sure it's both, at least to some degree). It also makes sense that drugs that are illegal are used by "criminals" or those associated with criminal behavior. In regards to new substances that aren't illegal yet, they are likely to be sought out by those who already use other illegal substances with similar effects
lotsofpulp 4y ago
> I will never, ever understand why Marijuana is illegal, I can guarantee you, even if this thing is relatively harmless, it will be outlawed immediately. Because of racism or tribalism.
- zamalek 4y ago
  One great example of this is "the war on drugs." It was noted that marginalized and poverty-stricken communities (typically consisting of people of color) were the predominant users of recreational drugs. This worked out exactly as designed, allowing slavery/servitude to be unceremoniously reinstituted: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/incarceration-rates-by-race-ethnicity-and-gender-in-the-u-s.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/incarceration-rates-by-r...

ttyprintk 4y ago

Recreational additives become illicit drugs based on the characteristics of the people who use them. As another poster mentioned about LSD analogues in Berlin, the users are likely well below the radar of criminal association. Viagra suffers no possibility of becoming illicit because its users are in power. Using marijuana in the 20th century suggested the threat of new forms of desegregated music and society.

moe091 4y ago
I can't tell which direction the causation goes in this case(I mean I'm sure it's both, at least to some degree). It also makes sense that drugs that are illegal are used by "criminals" or those associated with criminal behavior. In regards to new substances that aren't illegal yet, they are likely to be sought out by those who already use other illegal substances with similar effects

lotsofpulp 4y ago

> I will never, ever understand why Marijuana is illegal, I can guarantee you, even if this thing is relatively harmless, it will be outlawed immediately. Because of racism or tribalism.

zamalek 4y ago
One great example of this is "the war on drugs." It was noted that marginalized and poverty-stricken communities (typically consisting of people of color) were the predominant users of recreational drugs. This worked out exactly as designed, allowing slavery/servitude to be unceremoniously reinstituted: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/incarceration-rates-by-race-ethnicity-and-gender-in-the-u-s.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/incarceration-rates-by-r...