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A comment on California ballot measure to decriminalize adult use of hallucinogenic mushrooms. Parent comment

Re:California ballot measure to decriminalize adult use of h... by chc on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @07:37PM (#15128545)
There are lots of salient differences between tobacco and psychedelic mushrooms, but they are mostly of the "banning tobacco would be much more reasonable" variety. I think that was the point.
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Re:California ballot measure to decriminalize adult use of h... by dragonwriter on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @08:09PM (#15128697)
Only if you ignore cultural path dependency which has a huge impact on the utility and adverse consequences of a ban.

Laws can only be meaningfully evaluated in a concrete social context.

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