If both weed and alcohol were discovered today, and you had enough political capital to get one banned but not the other, which would you opt for?
There wouldn't be the long tradition of whiskey making, not the loser hippies. Just the drug itself.
That's my standard. I'd much rather be on public transport with some giggly idiots who might order some maccas than some drunks. Far safer. And I think society would be better off as well.
Alcohol is objectively worse than marijuana, but you can't put either cat back in the bag. People are going to get drunk and get high no matter what you legislate, so the answer is ban neither. Or, more realistically, the politicians pick whichever course makes them the most money.
Just to give you an example, Arizona auctioned off the first dispensary permits. So the guys with the plan and the capital and the political clout to jump through local hoops got to open up and rake in literal cash like Pablo Escobar.
If both weed and alcohol were discovered today, and you had enough political capital to get one banned but not the other, which would you opt for?
There wouldn't be the long tradition of whiskey making, not the loser hippies. Just the drug itself.
That's my standard. I'd much rather be on public transport with some giggly idiots who might order some maccas than some drunks. Far safer. And I think society would be better off as well.
Alcohol is objectively worse than marijuana, but you can't put either cat back in the bag. People are going to get drunk and get high no matter what you legislate, so the answer is ban neither. Or, more realistically, the politicians pick whichever course makes them the most money.
Just to give you an example, Arizona auctioned off the first dispensary permits. So the guys with the plan and the capital and the political clout to jump through local hoops got to open up and rake in literal cash like Pablo Escobar.