Re:When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Imp...
by Kurtz79 on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @09:53AM
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"Prohibition has worked wonderfully well for tobacco in many countries"
Examples? As far as I know in most western countries
tobacco "prohibition" is limited to interior common spaces, not in private homes or in the open (say, on the street).
It is actively discouraged (and in that it has been very succesful) through PSAs, medical counseling, warnings on packets, high taxes and the mentioned public bans, but that's not "prohibition".
"Prohibition" is more akin to the alcohol ban in the US in the 1920s, or the current status for drugs in most countries.
In all cases it has been far from successful, the only things that are accomplished is favoring the black market and related criminal activities.
Examples? As far as I know in most western countries tobacco "prohibition" is limited to interior common spaces, not in private homes or in the open (say, on the street).
It is actively discouraged (and in that it has been very succesful) through PSAs, medical counseling, warnings on packets, high taxes and the mentioned public bans, but that's not "prohibition".
"Prohibition" is more akin to the alcohol ban in the US in the 1920s, or the current status for drugs in most countries.
In all cases it has been far from successful, the only things that are accomplished is favoring the black market and related criminal activities.