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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.
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.