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As the US found out, alcohol is very very hard to ban because it is very very easy to make.
by pixl97 7mo ago
As the US found out, alcohol is very very hard to ban because it is very very easy to make.
- AlexandrB 7mo agoWeed and tobacco are also very easy to make. They literally grow on trees[1]. [1] Technically, herbaceous plants.
- pixl97 7mo agoReally in the case of tobacco, (almost) no one is going to grow it. It's a massive pain in the ass when most people are addicted to the nicotine. Synthetic nicotine in vapes are what would be black marketed these days.
- pixel_popping 7mo agoIt's way easier to ship as well discreetly, borderline impossible to seize in reality, which is probably one of the reason in SEA they are about to ban vaping, it's really a huge gateway to transport anything, very rarely LE is opening open and testing what the vape contains, so transporting large amount of any substances has never been easier.
- sir0010010 7mo agoWeed and tobacco smoking are also easy to detect by people who don't want secondhand smoke. And if it were illegal, they could report it.
- tim333 7mo agoAlso popular and part of the culture. Jesus turned water into wine but didn't pop out for 20 Marlboro.