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If you're against legalizing marijuana then you have to be for banning alcohol (self.unpopularopinion)

submitted 8 months ago by 3volver to c/unpopularopinion

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If the argument is that marijuana is bad for health and it should be illegal, then with the same logic, alcohol should be illegal because it's also bad for health.

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[–] breadsmasher 17 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Agree - plus tobacco.

If marijuana is banned due to harm, then plenty of other substances should be banned. And vice versa.

So downvoted because popular opinion? 😉

[–] 3volver 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm glad you agree, but yea I guess I shouldn't expect this to be an unpopular opinion on Lemmy, the niche small unpopular website on the internet.

[–] admiralpatrick 6 points 8 months ago

I think most people, even outside Lemmy, are in favor of legalization. There's just a lot of old people in charge of the laws who are against it because of years of "Reefer Madness" propaganda crap.

Like, Ohio had a ballot initiative not long ago to legalize it recreationally and, after it passed, their legislature tried to knee-cap it (unsuccessfully, I believe).