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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm
The whole smoking/alcohol/other drugs thing is an area that can get me quite riled up. The whole thing as it sits within the law (certainly in the UK) is a large, hypocritical mess. It seems that drugs are categorised depending on what public opinion is more than what scientific evidence says.
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Rest assured, it's the same in the U.S., with "public opinion" often interchangeable with "pandering special-interest groups". You can risk your life with the side-effects of mind-altering drugs if they're prescribed by a doctor, but you can't do the same with the drugs you can (theoretically) grow in your back yard.