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When I talk about legalising drugs, I mean being able to buy them with the same level of control as beer or cigarettes.
by fullspectrumdev 3y ago
When I talk about legalising drugs, I mean being able to buy them with the same level of control as beer or cigarettes.
- gymbeaux 3y agoBecause beer and cigarettes are both mind-altering drugs yet get a pass because of mostly-economic reasons.
- freedomben 3y agoNot economic, historical. It's purely because both were things before the puritan movement (which still greatly impacts society today) and people are already familiar with them. If alcohol were discovered today, there's no way in hell it would be legal
- gymbeaux 3y agoSo of course they’re both very old staples in human culture, but I mean to say that any attempts to regulate them are/will be met with more economic resistance than cultural… like Anheiser-Busch (spelling definitely wrong) and Philip-Morris (now Altria I believe) would be a bigger obstacle than “the people.”
- almatabata 3y agoDo cigarettes have such a big mind-altering effect?
- gymbeaux 3y agoI can’t speak personally, but people often get from nicotine what they would also get from marijuana- both have a “high” that makes you feel “different”, and the withdrawal symptoms from nicotine are more like those of meth than marijuana (which as far as I know, has no withdrawal since it’s non-addictive).
- almatabata 3y agothanks for clarifying.