> humans have been drug consumers for millennia I don’t find this argument convincing at all in the modern era. Synthetic drugs and even commercialized organic

> humans have been drug consumers for millennia I don’t find this argument convincing at all in the modern era. Synthetic drugs and even commercialized organic drugs are significantly more potent than anything that could be found a century ago. Synthetic cannabinoids are vastly more addictive and dangerous than cannabis ever could be, for example. Synthetic drugs like MPDV are known to produce compulsive redosing even in people who could moderate their intake of traditional drugs like cocaine. You can’t compare what’s available now to historic drugs.