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> selling industrial products to willing customers Like opium.

• inglor_cz 3y ago
  This is an interesting topic. Nowadays, the American concept of "war on drugs" is really ubiquitous, but for a large part of humanity's existence, drug business was considered legitimate. Pure cocaine was freely sold in pharmacies until 1914 or so. I am not that sure if our current moral position is the final one. At the very least, marijuana prohibition has swung from almost universal to a shrinking set of the most conservative US states. Similarly, opium prohibition may not be a thing in 2050 or 2100 again.
  • blackoil 3y ago
    Parent is talking about the "Opium Wars" which weren't legitimate drug business.