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WHO calls for cigarette-style cancer warnings on alcohol packaging (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] can 56 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Yes please. Sick of the double standard. Can't buy flavoured nicotine anymore but can still buy sickeningly flavoured liquor.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It's called flavored moonshine, and it's art

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It's poison, quite literally. State sponsored leathal posion. But it makes money and it's legal, so it's very cool.

[–] can 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Making it illegal won't solve any problems.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I didn't say they should make it illegal. But stip being hypocrits about it. They still need studies to legalize marijuana, because there isn't enough data for it to be save and jada jada. Okay, but we have more than enough data that shows just how bad and dangerous both alcohol and cigarettes are.

[–] can 1 points 3 days ago

No argument there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

yes it will, it will criminalize the poor while there will be more profitable legal alternatives for the rich ..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

It makes money to a few while offloading the much higher cost to society.