And yet marijuana is still illegal in my state.
The impact of legislation like Citizens United and the outsized influence of large institutions on American politics is really unfortunate.
The impact of legislation like Citizens United and the outsized influence of large institutions on American politics is really unfortunate.
Fentanyl is a Schedule II controlled substance. So while yes, it’s “legal” - it’s an extremely controlled narcotic.
Said differently, it’s illegal if you’re in position of it and it wasn’t prescribed by a medical doctor.
Unlike marijuana that doesn’t need a prescription where it’s allowed.
E.g. car accidents kill more people per year than marijuana.
Does that mean driving a car should become illegal, and marijuana legalized?
https://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/LeadingCauses.html
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marijuana-deaths-2014_n_56816...
Honestly, yes. Or at least driving a car should require a much more strict licensing process. My daughter got a license during the pandemic and all that was required of her was driving around a parking lot once and then parking parallel. Skills which can be acquired in a couple of hours just prior to the test. Yes there is usually a written test as well, so there is some reason to believe people know what the basic road signs mean, but to let people loose on public roads traveling at 70 mph after a 5 minute driving test is just asking for widespread vehicle collisions.
Fent addiction has huge negative utility for everyone - except its manufacturers and their investors.
MJ is probably more or less neutral.
In terms of broad social effects, refined sugar is probably the deadliest of all drugs, but its direct effects - especially in sodas - are much smaller than its indirect contribution to obesity and diabetes. And unlike a dramatic overdose death, it's very slow-acting. So it's barely considered a problem.
If you get in as much trouble doing/buying/selling/etc MJ as Fentanyl, you might as well do the latter.
If MJ is legal, many would stick to that.
Same for MJ-to-alcohol: and the alc producers know it, they lobbied fiercly against legal MJ and when it became legal (like in Canada) they were the first to invest heavily in it.
If that argument is true, wouldn't fent/meth users just use alcohol since that is legal?
Alcohol is much better for you than meth and both are cns depressents.
Thanks for clarification.
The current populist wave has shown that the opposite is true. The threats posed by citizens united were overblown as small dollar donors are generally significantly more radical than large institution.