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[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (26 children)

I once insinuated that I hated the smell of vapes and people downvoted me, saying "noooo but blueberry muffin flavour actually smells so goooood"

Yeah okay buddy, I think you're one of the ones I'd find wandering the streets vaping in front of everyone

Edit: to the people currently downvoting me, you guys do know vaping can also give you cancer and increases your risk of respiratory disease, right? And by vaping in front of other people you're forcing that risk on to them, right? Grow a little empathy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are people that are addicted to a drug the government will not regulate because they are taxing the shit out of the addicted. Grow a little empathy.

Especially for the vapers because they allready diminish the harm to them and others. The exoust fumes of the car beside you are many more times dangerous than the passive vape you could inhale.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm specifically calling out people who downvoted me for saying I don't like the smell of vapes

I'm honestly with you, I think cigarette and vape sales should be criminalised, smokers are being taken advantage of both by the government and the smoko sellers

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Let's give the government more control of our bodies. Great idea!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Me, trying to figure out how trying to stop people taking a highly addictive drug that meets none of our needs is control over our body:

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago

Prohibition is a terrible idea.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

ah yes let's do a prohibition 2.0 because why not. especially when the fascists are in power

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This might be hard to believe, but I'm one of the dozens of people who don't live in the US

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

regardless of where you're from, criminalizing drug use leads to people dying. it's been a fucking disaster in any country it's been implemented

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Where did I ever say I wanted to criminalise drug use?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

where are people gonna buy cigs if you ban them? the black market. who's gonna go to prison over it? marginalized people. this is already reality in authoritarian countries

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I said the sale of these items. Not the buying of. Very different prospects you're assuming I'm lumping into one here

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If it's illegal to sell, how do you buy?

That's literally a prohibition.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The point is that you're unable to buy, but you're not punished for buying. Instead, the seller is punished for selling

It stops the law from punching down on the addicts being taken advantage of (mostly)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And if you are caught with it you get charged for distribution. If you can't buy it, where did you get it?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

You need to be caught with enough that you cannot feasibly use yourself. Having two or three vapes is not enough to be prosecuted. The fact that the individual sells needs to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt

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