The distinctions between legal and illegal drugs are largely arbitrary. Alcohol and tobacco do much more damage to society and individual than most illicit drugs. A genuine risk/benefit analysis would lead to a complete overhaul of the federal schedule of illegal drugs, which cannot be justified on public health or scientific grounds. Politics and history have played a much bigger role than science.
What’s the dividing line between legal and illegal drugs? Like caffeine, alcohol, and the rest?
The distinctions between legal and illegal drugs are largely arbitrary. Alcohol and tobacco do much more damage to society and individual than most illicit drugs. A genuine risk/benefit analysis would lead to a complete overhaul of the federal schedule of illegal drugs, which cannot be justified on public health or scientific grounds. Politics and history have played a much bigger role than science.