[xorcist]

Case in point. There is no chance tobacco would be declared legal if it was invented today. Don't you agree?

[criddell]

How do you reconcile this idea with the fact that marijuana is being legalized all over the place?

[bluecheese452]

1. Marijuana was not invented today. 2. Marijuana is not tobacco.

[krapp]

Tobacco wasn't "invented" any more than was marijuana, both are naturally occurring plants which have been cultivated and used for thousands of years.

[Fricken]

Marijuana is not a recent invention

[simplyluke]

Not really. The US has widely legalized gambling of various forms (sports, prediction markets, etc) in recent years. I'd argue that even more so than nicotine there is zero benefit to gambling.