[Know your rights]

nobody on this thread has "posited" that.

One poster did .... wait, that was you, don't you remember? You said, "the ratio could change because of relatively increased use in the lower 48."

Now, weasel out of it by reming us that you said "could" change

The only weaseling here is yours; to say "could" is explicitly not to "posit." How long will you attempt to defend your latest dishonesty before you slink away?

[robertpaulsen]

What's with your quotation marks around my word? It describes exactly what you were doing.

Posit (v): to suggest something as a basic fact or principle from which a further idea is formed or developed.

You were .... suggesting something ("could change because") as a basic fact ("relatively increased use in the lower 48") from which a further idea is formed or developed (that would be weak evidence that legalization for Alaskan adults did impact teen use).

In 1988, a survey indicated the Alaskan teen rate was double that of the lower 48. Today, after Alaska recriminalized, the teen rate is about the same.

The only way that does NOT mean that legalization for Alaskan adults had an impact on teen use is if teen use in the lower 48 DOUBLED from 1988 to the present to equal that of Alaska.

Now, if you are not saying that, then shut up. My statement stands.