• thehatfox@lemmy.worldOP
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    10 months ago

    That’s because of gradual shifts in culture and attitudes, not due to prohibition.

    Prohibition has failed to effectively “ban” any drug, and often tends to encourage their usage and harm efforts to alleviate addiction.

    Tobacco smoking is also declining in many nations in response to improved public health awareness and again cultural shifts. If those trends continue it could all but fade away naturally. Tobacco prohibition is arguably not necessary and could even become counterproductive.