r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 1d ago

California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414
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u/PaulTheMerc 1d ago

Just one question. Its fucking weed. WHY is that worth 10+ years to so many fucking people? I don't get it.

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u/Mavian23 1d ago

Because it was originally used as a way of targeting anti-war hippies back in the Nixon era. The War on Drugs was political.

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u/PaulTheMerc 1d ago

Right, that part makes sense. So the war came and went, war ended, hippies kept it up, I get that.

Why does the next generation go "yeah, getting high is worth the clearly disproportionate cost?"

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u/Mavian23 1d ago

Because part of the War on Drugs was convincing people that weed is terrible and worthy of going to prison for. Then those people raised their kids to think that. Combine that with all of the cultural elements that came out of the War on Drugs, like DARE, and you've got a recipe for good propaganda.