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What social taboos that exist today do you think will not be around in 100 years? (lemmy.world)

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I was reading a book on social life of the upper-middle class and new rich of the American 1920s and realized so many things we now do proudly were considered socially taboo back then. This was especially the case for clothing, makeup, women in certain public spaces, etc. What do you think will be different in the 2120s? Or maybe even the next 50 years?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you make most drugs legal bar the most harmful ones, people will gravitate towards the less harmful ones because of legal availability. The mistake the US made is to make all drugs illegal, blanket prohibition has been a disaster

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And I think what @sudo wants is decriminalization - that a person who gets arrested for using meth is treated for their addiction rather than go to jail.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

For meth users, yes that is the right approach. For the dealers/ sellers etc, jail or something that incapacitates them is a better option