• @NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    This reminds me of the increased regulations they imposed on flavored cigarettes years ago and I could remember an interview with a farmer worrying about his crop of burley tobacco also potentially getting banned because even though it’s tobacco it has a drastically different, much sweeter flavor. I suspect this is because it’s not about regulation to many people as much as it’s about moving another step towards totally outlawing tobacco.

    • Flying Squid
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      13 months ago

      I’m not in favor of outlawing it, but if you’re going to outlaw cannabis, which is less dangerous and mostly just psychologically addictive, you should outlaw tobacco. It’s a ridiculous double-standard.

      • @pearsaltchocolatebar
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        43 months ago

        Well, cannabis (and cocaine) is only schedule 1 so they can throw hippies and minorities in prison (literally from the mouth of one of the people responsible for it).

        So, you can’t defeat that reasoning with logic.