On: Same-sex marriage legalization associated with reduced antigay bias

[danschumann]

So the fact that weed is illegal means there could be an anti-smoker bias? One based purely on the law and not any other reason? Probably. I still say legalizing pot smokers should be the next civil right.

[beering → danschumann]

Certainly, it would remove a lot of the stigma of pot as contraband and pot smokers as criminals. Fine, upstanding citizens don't want to be associated with criminals, right?

[danschumann → beering]

True. Like in Pineapple Express when he doesn't like his drug dealer thinking they are friends.

[dsfyu404ed → danschumann]

Regardless of the type of business doing business with friends is generally ill advised and often leads to hard feelings and broken friendships.

[chongli → danschumann]

One based purely on the law and not any other reason?

I don't think so. People already have a bias against tobacco smokers and that doesn't have any criminal law component. Habitually smoking (or vaping) any substance is viewed as a vice and a moral shortcoming. It also tends to make a person smell bad and people naturally feel a bias against bad smells.

The fact that smokers are accustomed to the smell and don't notice it is also frustrating. It's an externality.

[Gibbon1 → danschumann]

Pot smoking is another issue that becomes utterly uncontroversial when normalized.