DMac wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 1:55 pm
MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 1:36 pm
DMac wrote: ↑Thu Apr 09, 2020 12:57 pm
Ummm, did you forget about this friend??????
of course, it does explain quite a lot.
Suppose it'll take quite some time for that stigma to die, but whatever.
Meanwhile, alcohol use is just fine and acceptable...even promoted and encouraged.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-al ... 2020-04-01
nah, seriously, I don't have any issue with pot.
Never tried it myself as I saw it screw up some athletes, and I had a very strong aversion to smoking anything due to watching grandparents cough and hack their way to death.
Certainly am a fan of medical usage, it helped my dad down the final stretch.
Also seen alcohol screw up a heck of a lot of people, part of why I'm quite careful myself.
I don't think any of these substances should be able to mass advertise, they should be controlled, behind the counter, etc, but available to adults.
Gonna be difficult to put that genie back in the bottle with alcohol, so I'd take no mass advertising.
But then again, I'd really, really like to see us tax sugar hard and likewise not allow advertising of sugar, processed carb, and salty processed carb foods. If it's horrible for our public health, you can consume it if you wish, but why should we allow companies to encourage us to do so?
Are we willing to 'belly up' to do what's actually best? I doubt it.