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The Dope Fiend (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by [M] to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 59 points 2 years ago (36 children)

Honestly, I kind of think my country (France) forbids weed today because of all the bullshit of the Reagan era and it's pretty infuriating.

Their depiction of weed as some super dangerous class 3000 hardcore drug ended up as some kind of standard for most of the developed countries.

It sucks.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's just bewildering to prohibit a plant that is easy to grow, serves a lot of uses, and doesn't easily get you killed.

    I'm also in Europe, and still trying to cope with the fact that I got into trouble with the law for tending a garden. Well I guess at least it re-radicalized me for all it's worth.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I had a similar experience with my poppy field ringed with gympie gympie.

    I'm all for legalisation, and I'm a regular user, but the fact that it's a plant has always struck me as a weak argument. We can do better.

    It's one tier better than "It's natural!" (So are asbestos, arsenic, and anthrax.)

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