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1. Cyclone_ · 1790706479 · focus · HN ↗

   You can just ban these gambling and marijuana companies that cause harm to people. This article does a good job of summarizing a few, but not all of the reasons <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.usatoday.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;columnist&#x2F;2026&#x2F;09&#x2F;29&#x2F;weed-legal-california-illegal-pot-sales-thrive&#x2F;91904917007&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.usatoday.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;columnist&#x2F;2026&#x2F;09&#x2F;29&#x2F;...

   1. honkycat · 1790707374 · focus · HN ↗

      why are we lumping marijuana and gambling together?

      Marijuana is not zero harm, but guess what: Making it illegal is ALSO not zero harm. The drug war is an abject failure, US consumers have driven Mexico into a failed state with roving gangs of narcos who murder crowds of people with impunity.

      &quot;Studies say...&quot; OK. Actually study weed then. Actually do clinical trials and apply science and tell us the actual results. Actually doing that has been prevented because it is a scheduled drug federally. So all we have is folk wisdom and half-baked one-off studies. &quot;Linked to&quot; has no scientific value, it is a term the news uses to scare people.

      I think people should be informed and be allowed to make their own choices, as opposed to creating a huge and tyrannical law enforcement agency that will ruin a kids life for carrying a plant around.

      Always funny how conservatives are the party of freedom, unless it&#x27;s something they don&#x27;t like.

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