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I agree with you. When I read articles like this:

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/time/5368243/coro...

I feel like we are repeating similar mistakes we made with the tobacco industry.

That company will be doing everything it can to try and increase cannabis use to make more money. Just like the alcohol and tobacco companies.

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> I feel like we are repeating similar mistakes we made with the tobacco industry.

Pot is so much less addictive and damaging to health than tobacco and alcohol, that it makes perfect sense to have it legal and as readily available as those things.

I think that based on the evidence we have you are right about the relative risks. However I 1) think that if we had a do-over, we should outlaw tobacco but keep nicotine legal and 2), based on anecdotal experience I think we will end up finding in 30-40 years the true health/mental health outcomes of cannabis since it will be more easily studied 3) my big worry is less the legalization and more of the perverse incentives companies will have to promote its use through industry funded health studies, advertisements, etc...

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