3volver@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhy is alcohol legal if it's much more harmful than marijuana?message-squaremessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down122
arrow-up1182arrow-down1message-squareWhy is alcohol legal if it's much more harmful than marijuana?3volver@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square109fedilink
minus-squareOldWoodFrame@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoThe US tried to ban it and it just led to gangs becoming super powerful because they sold people illegal alcohol. So it’s not really a policy choice like “this is safe enough, this is not safe enough” it’s legal because making it illegal doesn’t work.
The US tried to ban it and it just led to gangs becoming super powerful because they sold people illegal alcohol.
So it’s not really a policy choice like “this is safe enough, this is not safe enough” it’s legal because making it illegal doesn’t work.
Kinda like…