Cannabis appears to be less of a threat to health and good order than alcohol. It probably causes short term memory problems with regular use and certainly smoking it is bad for you. Vasopressin may reverse some of the negative memory effects. Pendell provides a balanced and entertaining view of the devil weed. Pleasure is not principally provided by the ownership or use of the products but by the anticipation of the purchase and by the purchasing act.
Tobacco companies are now notorious in the promotion of their death dealing drug products.
The only fresh markets left to them, now that their products have been stigmatized, are the rebellious fraction of our populace, namely adolescents, and third world children. Stimulants and other drugs like alcohol, sugar, theobromine , cocaine, cannabis and electronic heroin make us want stuff. The consumer culture encourages the frenzy and the profit margins are optimized at the expense of the environment and people's health . The Zen TV Experiment will illuminate the tube sucking paradigm. Ours is the first society in history of which it can be said that life has moved inside media.