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minus-squareChestrade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·1 year agoBanning drugs or alcohol has never worked. The demand will still be there. People will turn to the black market instead if it gets banned.
minus-squareMelkath@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year agoThere is a whole arc in the Battlestar Galactica reboot series that masterfully illustrates this topic.
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoYeah, which is why illegal drugs have more users than legal drugs (alcohol and tobacco). Except they don’t.
Banning drugs or alcohol has never worked. The demand will still be there. People will turn to the black market instead if it gets banned.
There is a whole arc in the Battlestar Galactica reboot series that masterfully illustrates this topic.
Yeah, which is why illegal drugs have more users than legal drugs (alcohol and tobacco). Except they don’t.