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Originally Posted by willravel
Those arguments would be fallacies.
A, which is illegal, has x effect
B, which is legal, has x effect.
Therefore, x is not dangerous.
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I think the point is "x" is not dangerous relative to many other legal substances. Its not a fallacy, its pointing out something hypocritical and inconsistent with our own policy.
It became enemy number one, because rich and middle class kids started doing it in droves. Senators and sheriffs sons and daughters. No one usually cares about stopping a drug until it starts creeping out of the ghetto. The war on ecstasy was a class thing, but it wasn't because the drug was overly dangerous.