It has only been legal in Washington and Colorado for the last 2 years. So how were these young people obtaining their weed for the past “7 or 8 years”?
All we hear about is the legal weed will end up in the hands of the chillrun but this study seems to indicate that...wait for it...They are buying it illegally!
A future study could still be skewed however because once they turn 21 then they could purchase it in the states and DC where it is now legal..
Since young people report that they can get pot more easily than beer or cigarettes, it seems that the best way to keep pot out of their hands is to legalize it for adults; sellers of legal drugs typically card minors, whereas sellers of illegal drugs never do.