3volver@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy is alcohol legal if it's much more harmful than marijuana?message-squaremessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down11
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareWhy is alcohol legal if it's much more harmful than marijuana?3volver@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square47linkfedilink
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThey tried to make it illegal and the results were disastrous, one could argue the same for marijuana but the campaign to keep it illegal was much more successful.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBootleggers and alcohol could deposit their money in bank accounts. Legal grow-ops* can not. *I fail to see how autocorrect can “correct” to completely different words in no way similar.
minus-squareMisterD@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat’s because cannabis was more popular with black people in the 70s. The racists used the cannabis laws against blacks because it gave them a bonner
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt definitely started much earlier than that, but yes.
They tried to make it illegal and the results were disastrous, one could argue the same for marijuana but the campaign to keep it illegal was much more successful.
Bootleggers and alcohol could deposit their money in bank accounts. Legal grow-ops* can not.
*I fail to see how autocorrect can “correct” to completely different words in no way similar.
That’s because cannabis was more popular with black people in the 70s. The racists used the cannabis laws against blacks because it gave them a bonner
It definitely started much earlier than that, but yes.