

Opium is being consumed for at least 5000 years, and has only been banned (mostly) in the last 150 years. In the 19th century there were two opium wars between western powers and China because the latter banned the use and import of opium. So opium was definitely grandfathered and normalized not too long ago.
Unpopular opinion: The only complaints I’ve read about AI taking someone’s job so far were from freelance writers who wrote for clickbait sites, or other artists doing very generic work.