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What's one giant LIE that's frequently taught in schools as a lesson? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 31 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

I remember that when I was getting this “lesson“, my first question was “what about medication’s?“ And my teacher replied with “those aren’t drugs“

And I replied “then why do they call it the drugstore?” then my teacher sent me to the principal’s office for being “smart“. I didn’t understand what was wrong with being “smart“.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I've had that same discussion even as an adult. It usually follows like this:

    "No, I mean addictive drugs"

    "Like tobacco?"

    "No, I mean psychoactive drugs"

    "Like Coffee?"

    "No, recreational drugs"

    "Like Alcohol?"

    I have never had someone give a description of why weed should be illegal but not tobacco.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Because you can quite easily grow your own weed avoiding them sweet sweet tax money you're forced to pay when buying tobacco products. That's the only logical explanation I could craft and I've been thinking about the same question for a long time.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    To be fair I was frankly amazed as a child that in American tv and media they so openly had shops called "drug stores"

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