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minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-29 months agoThe same number of people, as a percentage, smoke marijuana as smoke cigarettes. Marijuana use is federally illegal and illegal in most states. So no, it really doesn’t reduce usage. Price and perceived risk are the two factors that reduce usage the most.
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·9 months agoI don’t know about the USA, but I see tobacco smokers every day and very rarely see marijuana smokers.
minus-squarepapalonian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoMost people smoking weed aren’t just doing it out in the open like tobacco users
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·9 months agoWell, then the prohibition has pretty much fulfilled its purpose.
minus-squarepapalonian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoWhen the government makes something illegal, they don’t do it in hopes of millions of people doing it anyways in private.
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·9 months agoMaybe not for other laws, but it makes sense for drugs. The important thing is that people should have the right to breathe non-poisonous air, and forcing smokers to hide their smoking achieves that.
The same number of people, as a percentage, smoke marijuana as smoke cigarettes. Marijuana use is federally illegal and illegal in most states.
So no, it really doesn’t reduce usage. Price and perceived risk are the two factors that reduce usage the most.
I don’t know about the USA, but I see tobacco smokers every day and very rarely see marijuana smokers.
Most people smoking weed aren’t just doing it out in the open like tobacco users
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Well, then the prohibition has pretty much fulfilled its purpose.
When the government makes something illegal, they don’t do it in hopes of millions of people doing it anyways in private.
Maybe not for other laws, but it makes sense for drugs. The important thing is that people should have the right to breathe non-poisonous air, and forcing smokers to hide their smoking achieves that.