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How long until everybody decides marijuana is a public health crisis again but some other drug is perfectly fine? 40 or 50 years?
by mbg721 4y ago
How long until everybody decides marijuana is a public health crisis again but some other drug is perfectly fine? 40 or 50 years?
- Ekaros 4y agoEthanol has been perfectly fine since prohibition ended...
- Hamuko 4y agoWhat's the definition of "perfectly fine"?
- jamesmunns 4y ago"there hasn't been a significant effort to re-ban it wholesale at a state or federal level"? At least in the context of the original parent comment ("doing perfectly fine since prohibition")
- mbg721 4y agoProhibition in the US was pretty easy to ignore; alcoholic drinks are easy to make, and the government largely didn't take it all that seriously. For all the temperance crusading that got the law passed, it turned out to be unpopular. Did NZ even try it?
- rwmj 4y agoCannabis wasn't banned initially because of any public health crisis (but various health and crime crises were created by banning it). The British studied cannabis use in India in the 1890s and found that it was fairly benign when used in moderation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Hemp_Drugs_Commission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Hemp_Drugs_Commission