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> Tobacco, along with other drugs, is uniquely bad. How can it be "uniquely bad" if it's "along with other drugs"?
by bandofthehawk 4mo ago
> Tobacco, along with other drugs, is uniquely bad.
How can it be "uniquely bad" if it's "along with other drugs"?
- harimau777 4mo agoNot every drug has the same effects and side effects. For example, marijuana is much less dangerous than heroin.
- bandofthehawk 4mo agoYes, that was kind of my point. Either tobacco is uniquely bad or it can be grouped "along with other drugs". It can't be both.
- throwaway173738 4mo agoI don’t think Marijuana is likely to land you in the ED in quite the same way but the habitual smokers I’ve met tended to way underestimate how impaired they are by it and I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of them drive and operate equipment while suffering those effects. Even the framing of Marijuana as a non-addictive substance seems to be a marketing framing.
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- toasty228 4mo agohttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Rational_scale_to_assess_the_harm_of_drugs_%28mean_physical_harm_and_mean_dependence%29.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Rational... Tobacco ranks pretty high in term of dependence and physical harm, especially considering that it's legal.
- SauntSolaire 4mo agoI took that to mean "addictive drugs are uniquely bad compared to the general category of 'consumer goods'"