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by posterboy 1197 days ago
That's a slippery Sloap argument, and an absurd one. The benefits of running to the cardio vascular system are generally seen as a positive, contrary to smoking. The threshold to overdoing it is orders of magnitudes out of proportion. And there is no common opinion on psychological impairment from running, again in contrast to the psychadelica related substance abuse.
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I don’t think this is a slippery slope [0], I’m only drawing a comparison.

Additionally there are health benefits to cannabis (and psychedelics) as well. Whether it’s stress, anxiety (ironically), depression, etc. so the comparison remains apt.

0. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope

Here's a cthird comparandum for you. Breathing is rather beneficial for literally everybody and not doing it is very detrimental, actually fatal. How do you feel about the slippery slope now?
Running has a significant negative impact on your joint health since most people run with the wrong techniques.