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torrenegra on Dec 26, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Time to end the war on drugs

Let major tobacco companies expect that if drugs were legalized, they could expand their business. They may start lobbing in favor of legalization right away.

swombat on Dec 26, 2011 [–]

That's just wishful thinking, though.

What can sane, enterprising people do?

seagreen on Dec 26, 2011 | [–]

Ignore politics and start in the media and academia. Then pour decades of propaganda down on the issue and eventually your opponents will give way.

This strategy takes a long time, but there's empirical evidence that it actually works.

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