Bernie Sanders Wants to Legalize Weed, Ban Cigarettes
April 27, 2016
Daniel Greenfield
http://www.frontpagemag.com/point/262649/bernie-sanders-wants-legalize-weed-ban-cigarettes-daniel-greenfieldMany of the positions that the left takes are not based on a comprehensively reasoned set of values, but on class attitudes and assorted forms of identity tribalism. So smoking cigarettes is evil, but smoking pot is great. These attitudes are not rational. They're cultural at best. And the Bernie Sanders campaign is riding these irrational class attitudes like a Whole Foods ad.
Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday that he is not sure cigarettes should remain legal.
"Cigarettes are causing cancer, obviously, and a dozen other diseases," Sanders said on "Meet the Press." "And there is almost the question as to why it remains a legal product in this country."
This comes from the same guy who wants to legalize pot. But who says totalitarian lefties have to be remotely consistent when persecuting people?
Smoke from marijuana combustion has been shown to contain many of the same toxins, irritants and carcinogens as tobacco smoke. Beyond just what's in the smoke alone, marijuana is typically smoked differently than tobacco. Marijuana smokers tend to inhale more deeply and hold their breath longer than cigarette smokers, which leads to a greater exposure per breath to tar.
Secondhand marijuana smoke contains many of the same toxins and carcinogens found in directly inhaled marijuana smoke, in similar amounts if not more.
But Bernie supporters are more likely to smoke pot than cigarettes. So legalize weed, ban cigarettes. This is how the left makes its decisions. Ban the stuff we don't like. Legalize the things we do like.
