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thenewgreen · 4239 days ago · link · · parent · post: If Alcohol Were Discovered Today, Would it be Legal?
It's all in how these things are marketed to the public. Consider the massive marketing campaign by the Reagan "just say no" culture. Millions of dollars were poured in to the "this is your brain, this is your brain on drugs", but never did it say "this is your brain on alcohol". -While we know that alcohol is a drug, society doesn't see it as such and these adverts were pointed at drugs like crack, cocaine and even marijuana. If an equal amount of marketing were put forth to sway the public that marijuana, LSD and the like were no more dangerous than alcohol we might see different "societal norms".