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[user982]

"Bringing joy to millions" might be a bit more of a stretch for some of those.

[lovich → user982]

It'd be difficult to argue that most drugs do not bring extreme joy to their users, it's just coupled with equally or even more severe lows after. If you could take heroin without getting addicted or dealing with withdrawal, why wouldn't you?

[Vindicis → user982]

Probably more accurate as hundreds of millions.

[pphysch → user982]

Proponents of recreational firearms or cannabis certainly use arguments like this.