I have a problem with the drug laws when they make illegal drugs easier for kids to get then alcohol. A 16 year old kid can buy all kinds of drugs off the street without much difficulty. The drug dealer doesn’t ask for anything but the cash to pay for the drugs. I think the drug war is lost when kids have a harder time buying cigarettes and alcohol then they do buying drugs.
I don’t know if licker and smokes are harder to come by than other drugs. In the first place there’s a much better chance your parents are stocked with cigarettes and booze than weed. Also, older friends and siblings are easily pressed into service to buy you what you’ll be able to buy for yourself in a few years. Maybe it comes down to the fact that dealers tend to deal in substances which are illegal for adults, too, because there’s no market for the stuff you can get on your own without much hassle.
I remember when I was in high school, which wasn’t too long ago, anyone who wanted to could smoke and most parties were booze parties. Weed smokers were a more particular bunch. The only ones who used crystal and other harder drugs were burnouts. I do recall hearing that nowadays heroin is back in a big way because it’s cheaper than the various prescription opiates kids steal from their parents. I could see something similar happening with cigarettes or booze.