[mcbruiser3]

omg tobacco is totally different from psychedelics, come on. and glue? seriously? glue has a practical purpose other than getting high. what are mushrooms good for outside of getting stoned?

[chc]

There are lots of salient differences between tobacco and psychedelic mushrooms, but they are mostly of the "banning tobacco would be much more reasonable" variety. I think that was the point.

[dragonwriter]

Only if you ignore cultural path dependency which has a huge impact on the utility and adverse consequences of a ban.

Laws can only be meaningfully evaluated in a concrete social context.

[georgebarnett]

So what if it's only purpose is to get high?

What moral high ground do you have to say others can't get high?

[mirimir]

Some people just know that they're right. That they have "the truth". Burroughs called it the "Right Virus". That was before we had the concept of memes.