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Re:US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana by alistairSH on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @03:44PM (#40215414)
Yeah, I largely agree. Alcohol is broadly available/legal due to historical quirks, not sane regulation in relation to other similar (social impact, not chemistry) drugs. Same for tobacco to an extent.
Re:US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana by tialaramex on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @04:07PM (#40215684)
Also booze is really easy to make. Marijuana is hardly difficult but if you ain't got any plants somebody has to smuggle them to you, whereas if you've got a bunch of say, apples, or potatoes, or berries - which are just food - the only thing that prevents you from having booze is constant oversight to ensure you don't allow the food to be converted into booze.

I can see tobacco becoming effectively a Schedule III type substance, made only when it is deemed necessary for some reason and not generally available - New Zealand tried to set off on that path, the UK is attempting it now, unlike booze (or marijuana) which has a population of people who say "Hey, that's fun, don't take that away" the smoker are almost all against smoking, they see it as an unpleasant mistake they made rather than a choice they're glad to have taken.

Re:US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana by saalweachter on Tuesday April 30, 2024 @05:07PM (#40216362)
Shit, you can accidentally make alcohol.