Why are drugs and prostitution illegal in the US? Why do we give a shit? They aren't hurting anyone but themselves...

i don't know about europe but asia has traditionally been against drugs, on a hardcore level beyond simply arresting people, they straight up execute dealers. and they dont need the US to tell them to do that, because it's ingrained in the culture

>this isn't liberal propaganda
>links CNN

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>as a result of US pressure
No it is not. Your article never mentioned any international pressure on the world to criminalize weed, much less the other drugs that Nixon fought so hard like meth, heroin, and cocaine. Did we convince the Soviet Union to ban weed while fighting their proxies in the Vietnam War?

You're bringing up a very bad example of prostitution the way you describe it. I never condoned slavery, and legal prostitution would not require such a setting. What you're talking about seems more akin to sex trafficking

I still have yet to hear any good arguments to why such things should be banned. Drug use could be treated exactly the same as alcohol use, and there are many places with legal prostitution that are fine. It's only banned because of baseless stigmas we have about it, like so many other things

Because America was founded by Puritan colonists. Later attitudes disapproved of marijuana because of racism toward the Mexican immigrants whom enjoyed it as part of their culture. Its gatekeeping the pursuit of happiness and letting go the leash would call into question all authority in each branch of govt. Not to mention it would turn the prison system, BIG pharma on its head

europe and asia can criminalize it for whatever reasons they want, but the fact is weed was made illegal in the usa because hemp was becoming competitive with cotton as a textile fiber. cotton growers bought their lobbyists and congressmen. then launched ooga booga campaigns to outlaw it as a drug. the very people who voted to make it illegal had no idea they were outlawing cannabis (and hemp) because they used the mexican word for it - marijuana.

It is a depressant drug that alters your state of mind, it is still linked to chronic lung health issues and increases probability of car accidents to a point where you cannot smoke and drive even in Amsterdam. The Nixon expansion of the roles of the DEA helped pave the way for modern drug enforcement that has helped these minorities that the "evil, racist Nixon" was apparantly trying to oppress. But (((Adam Ruins Everything))) and (((John Oliver))) are absolutely right sources for everything! Why would comedy TV lie?

"puritanical" means what it does for a reason. There's a big strain of "no fun allowed" in America. The original freedom sought was the freedom to practice a particularly hair-shirty version of Christianity that said basically everything except working and praying is sinful.

There's still a lot of that around, plenty of folks very much do not like the idea that people might have something better to do than what they deem to be pure and wholesome and proper activities. See also, the hand-wringing about young men choosing video games over careers and relationships.

yeah, free thinkers only listen to unbiased new-sources like RT

>you cannot smoke and drive
good. it's dumb for people drive when they're stoned. i don't have a link for it, but as i understand it, research (probably from amsterdam and possibly colorado) shows that the best solution is to legalize all of it, but provide access to rehab for those who want to get clean

i don't know whatever gay tv shows you're talking about, so i can't really speak on that

Alcohol does the same shit you just described

>Alcohol does the same shit
that time dilation though