The real surprise is that it didn’t become the norm, and still legal as long as it has a little warning on the pack, while in the meantime useful medical drugs are banned as “potentially risky”
Useful medical drugs need to prove they are effective before being used. That’s not a bad thing. Smoking is a remnant of historical habits before it’s dangers were known. The crime is more that we allow it to be used and marketed to new customers. New Zealand has the right idea by increasing the legal age annually but that got shot down.
Allowing drugs to be used without proof would likely lead to more things like smoking causing harm, not less.
The real surprise is that it didn’t become the norm, and still legal as long as it has a little warning on the pack, while in the meantime useful medical drugs are banned as “potentially risky”
Useful medical drugs need to prove they are effective before being used. That’s not a bad thing. Smoking is a remnant of historical habits before it’s dangers were known. The crime is more that we allow it to be used and marketed to new customers. New Zealand has the right idea by increasing the legal age annually but that got shot down.
Allowing drugs to be used without proof would likely lead to more things like smoking causing harm, not less.