• Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Yeah, I’ve had that same discussion even as an adult. It usually follows like this:

    “No, I mean addictive drugs”

    “Like tobacco?”

    “No, I mean psychoactive drugs”

    “Like Coffee?”

    “No, recreational drugs”

    “Like Alcohol?”

    I have never had someone give a description of why weed should be illegal but not tobacco.

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      10 days ago

      Because you can quite easily grow your own weed avoiding them sweet sweet tax money you’re forced to pay when buying tobacco products. That’s the only logical explanation I could craft and I’ve been thinking about the same question for a long time.

    • applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      10 days ago

      no one ever told you? it was to fuck with leftists and racial minorities. the same reason for everything fun being illegal.