“The passage of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act marks an important milestone in ending the war on drugs. On the House floor, numerous congressmen and women gave impassioned speeches as members urged their colleagues to vote for the bill in the name of racial justice, personal choice, public health, scientific research, and protecting youth from unregulated black markets. Ironically, these are the exact arguments that Congress is ignoring in their pursuit of flavored tobacco prohibitions. The federal prohibition of flavored tobacco products would have been disastrous for public health and criminal justice. On the public health side of the ledger, banning the most popular alternative to cigarettes in the form of flavored e-cigarettes would deter people from quitting smoking more dangerous traditional cigarettes and push many vapers back to cigarettes. E-cigarettes have been proved beyond any reasonable doubt to be safer than regular cigarettes, and the latest evidence review suggests they are more effective at helping smokers quit than traditional nicotine replacement therapy.”
ARTICLE LINK: Congress replaces war on marijuana with a war on nicotine
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