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You are engaging in the fallacy of composition: the argument was that it does not work for marijuana. Not that it does not work for harmful products.
It is not generally valid to conclude from “X does not work for Y” and “Y is a Z” that “X does not work for any Z”.
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You are engaging in the fallacy of composition: the argument was that it does not work for marijuana. Not that it does not work for harmful products.
It is not generally valid to conclude from “X does not work for Y” and “Y is a Z” that “X does not work for any Z”.