Saying that cannabis isn’t a drug further stigmatizes drug use. Cannabis is a drug, and that’s okay. When you say it’s just a plant or it’s just medicine, while both those statements are true, it is harmful in many ways. People who use drugs are not bad. Drugs are not bad. Stop stigmatizing drug use and start encouraging safe drug use.
Alcohol is ALSO a drug, and so is nicotine and caffeine. The more we recognize that the chemicals we use to alter our physical and mental states are all drugs, the more respect we have for these substances for both risks and benefits. Not only does the recognition of this destigmatize drug use, it promotes safer drug use by encouraging responsible engagement with drugs instead of treating it as an all or nothing situation.
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