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The Problem With Common Sense Is It's Not Very Common
Tobacco was used by the native American Indians as a healing herb. And, you know, food calories preserved in beer is a long standing mechanism for getting people through the winter months. There's lots of this stuff where the natural version of something is safe and useful and the concentrated modern version is lethal. It simply wouldn't have been possible in a society where you didn't have access to excess.