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> it is not good to be having a society where people are using serious drugs without penalty.

Alcohol?

Serious, and almost inevitably danger / criminal- and life-destroying behavior inducing drugs.

People driving over other people daily is not enough? I like alcohol myself but no clue why it always gets a pass. Well I do: they didn’t manage to even make the prohibition work even a little bit.

It’s addictive, makes you fat, causes diabetes, screws with hormones, metabolism and sugar levels and costing society a fortune. Center of domestic violence usually, car crashes etc.

What’s not serious about it?

> People driving over other people daily is not enough? I like alcohol myself but no clue why it always gets a pass. Well I do: they didn’t manage to even make the prohibition work even a little bit

Prohibition worked extremely well. The data is unequivocal: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/6/5/18518005/prohibit.... Hundreds of thousands of lives were saved.

If it worked so well, I wonder why it was repealed?

Because people like drinking?

Alcohol is likely the most damaging of all drugs available, as it's so widely used.

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