• viking@infosec.pub
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        3 months ago

        How do you know where the OP is located? Alcohol is legal in most countries, and cannabis is illegal in most. This question applies almost anywhere in the world.

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            The US wasn’t even the first to ban it. In 1937 Marijuana Tax act was passed that effectively prohobited it, but a full ban came in 1970. Countries that banned it before 1937 include, but are not limited to: Thailand, Irish free state, Romania, UK, Indonesia, Australia, Lebanon, Sudan, Italy, Panama, Canada, South Africa, Mexico, Jamaica, Greece, Singapore…

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      3 months ago

      However when the context is the US, you can keep your edginess to yourself.

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        3 months ago

        How is the context here the US exactly?

        Edit: sure, I guess just downvote me for asking an innocent question, not sure what’s going on here.