How Many Awesome Things Are You Proposing to Ban Because a Small Fraction of People Have an Issue?

One to two point nine percent of American are high risk or problem gamblers. To be a problem gambler, people will lose their entire paychecks. I just think it's an important conversation in the context of how we got here and with other vices decisions We've made on the legality of other vices It needs to be applied to gambling as well. The question though was how many awesome things are you willing to ban because a small fraction of people have a problem? Well, I'd say smoking is regulated enough Definitely gambling and i'm fine with prostitution and heroin I don't really have an issue with marijuana because it has medicinal Medicinal uses that benefit a lot of people

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