Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
History of the world in mass-use psychoactive substances? Beer Wine Distilled spirits Coffee Tea [Tobacco Coca Cola … Ozempic? (I don’t think even marijuana makes the cut among drugs through… too marginal)
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Garrett
@garrett
I think marijuana def makes the cut over ozempic and arguably coca-cola too since coca cola is only 100ish years old
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Venkatesh Rao ☀️
@vgr
The criterion is mass adoption, not length of history. Marijuana never became even an occasional habit for basically everybody. I think everybody in the world has, even in the developing world, has probably had coca cola or a local equivalent at least once. Ozempic is a prediction
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J. Valeska 🦊🎩🫂
@jvaleska.eth
Marijuana is the most popular illegal drug worldwide, according to the first-ever global survey of illicit drug use. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/study-marijuana-is-most-popular-illegal-drug-worldwide/
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