[5thGenTexan]

My biggest concern is that pot has an equivalent intoxication effect as alcohol but it's ease of production (anyone could easily grow it) would make it all but impossible to enforce any restrictions, like age limits.

It would have way too easy access to minors, who do not have the maturity to make that type of choice. That is why we have age of consent laws. With other age appropriate things and activity, we have ways to monitor and restrict age limits.

[When do we get liberated?]

Nobody would grow it if it was available at the store to over 21 people. When I was in high school, I went to a shop and got all the equipment to make beer. Made one batch. It sucked and took alot of time. It was easier to get illegally than legally

[ccmay]

My biggest concern is that pot has an equivalent intoxication effect as alcohol but it's ease of production (anyone could easily grow it) would make it all but impossible to enforce any restrictions, like age limits.

At the age of 15, I made prison hooch in the back of my closet with fruit cocktail, sugar, water, and a little yeast. Tasted like hell but got us drunk.

Also, the intoxication effects of marijuana are not at all equivalent to alcohol, and in fact are much more benign. Ethanol is an exceptionally potent disinhibitor, and debilitates good judgment more than almost any other drug. Drunks start fights, rape women, and drive like maniacs. Potheads eat Pringles and fall asleep on the couch watching Brady Bunch re-runs. If they get pulled over while driving, it's typically for going too slow.

-ccm

[fr_freak]

It would have way too easy access to minors, who do not have the maturity to make that type of choice. That is why we have age of consent laws.

So what you're saying is that you want to give the job of parenting to the government? You expect the government to be able to provide the monitoring for a child that the parent(s) who lives with the child can't even accomplish? Why would you believe government to be capable of this?

[numberonepal]

It is way easier to make beer than it is to grow Mary Jane.