You realize that there are pretty relevant differences between tobacco and marijuana other than the latter being “currently fashionable”? (assuming it actually is—it doesn’t look like it’s much more popular than tobacco or than it was 50 years ago to me, at least here in [country redacted])
(assuming it actually is—it doesn’t look like it’s much more popular than tobacco or than it was 50 years ago to me, at least here in [country redacted])
I said “fashionable” not “popular”. I have no idea which is more popular, I mean fashionable in the sense of high status.
Are you seriously saying that there is a sizeable fraction of people who regularly smoke marijuana but not tobacco? I haven’t met many, whereas I have met plenty of people who smoke both or neither.
I’m not sure that distinction is relevant to the point under discussion, which isn’t about reality so much as it is about how perceived “coolness” informs people’s ideas about what policy proposals are reasonable.
Who is considering what policy reasonable for tobacco but overly restrictive for marijuana, or reasonable for marijuana but overly liberal for tobacco?
Marajuana is only high status in certain sub cultures and low status in others and among the general public, unless it’s for medicinal use. I’d estimate it’s overall far more less status.
You realize that there are pretty relevant differences between tobacco and marijuana other than the latter being “currently fashionable”? (assuming it actually is—it doesn’t look like it’s much more popular than tobacco or than it was 50 years ago to me, at least here in [country redacted])
I said “fashionable” not “popular”. I have no idea which is more popular, I mean fashionable in the sense of high status.
Marijuana is… high status?
Yes, all the cool kids are doing it.
And not tobacco?
No, tabacco is the stuff those old guys smoke.
Are you seriously saying that there is a sizeable fraction of people who regularly smoke marijuana but not tobacco? I haven’t met many, whereas I have met plenty of people who smoke both or neither.
EDIT: I think what’s going on might be that you noticed that many young people smoke marijuana and think it’s cool and many young people don’t smoke tobacco and think it’s old people’s stuff, but didn’t notice they aren’t the same people. But just because Muhammad is a common first name and Wang is a common last name doesn’t mean Muhammad Wang is a common full name.
I’m not sure that distinction is relevant to the point under discussion, which isn’t about reality so much as it is about how perceived “coolness” informs people’s ideas about what policy proposals are reasonable.
Who is considering what policy reasonable for tobacco but overly restrictive for marijuana, or reasonable for marijuana but overly liberal for tobacco?
Marajuana is only high status in certain sub cultures and low status in others and among the general public, unless it’s for medicinal use. I’d estimate it’s overall far more less status.