Rule 4: Do not promote or put drugs/alcohol/tobacco/weed/psychedelics/inhalants in a positive light.
Some comrades mentioned in private channels that weed is not addictive, I’m not going to argue on this point because this is a fundamental divide between China and some western countries.
My view is that whether you’re addicted to them or not, you shouldn’t promote these substances or put them in a positive light. It’s fine if you don’t agree with me, but anyone who leaves a comment here arguing the opposite will be banned from the community (30 days for now).
If a lot of people oppose this rule, either by downvotes and/or number of comments, I will willingly step down as moderator of this community.
So anything that’s psychoactive is banned? How about caffeine? That’s got a higher effective dose to lethal dose ratio than substances you’ll ban me for mentioning. Will you ban people for mentioning therapeutic applications of these substances? This is an ignorant proposition.
I’d be glad to include caffeine in the list of substances too, this anti-promotion rule is not a ban on mentioning them. As many others have pointed out, certain substances have positive effects, in fact I’d say all of them have positive effects one way or another, whether medically or not. That’s why I think having positive effects is not a reason to exclude a substance from the list.