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Pharmaceutical companies don’t want it legal for one thing. There are other reasons but they along with police inions have lobbied against legalization for years.
We tried banning it, it didn't really end too well, as it was still available but funded a lot of organized crime, but apparently we didn't learn our lesson when it comes to other drugs. It's also not really practical to control as making it, in at least some form or another, is too easy. Even weed requires you have seeds from a specific plant to produce it, whereas a huge, huge variety of foods cab be fermented. It's also got a lot of cultural relevance and history to it that make people think of it as different from other drugs
People who drink alcohol are more likely to vote than people who use other drugs.
Long story short: money, the mob, and time.
Honestly i am dumbfounded always on this as well, especially since the Bible itself prohibits or at least highly discourages alcohol
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%205%3A18&version=NIV
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2020&version=NIV
Because the last time we tried to ban it went really really well.
William Randolph Hurst
Idk, I just hope the Republicans aren't successful at putting a stop to current legalization progress. Fucking fascists. Alcohol kills.
this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2024
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