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Paul Ryan's Take on Marijuana: Worthless or Desperate?
SF Weekly ^ | Mon., Sep. 10 2012 | Chris Roberts

Posted on 09/10/2012 11:32:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Edited on 09/10/2012 11:58:13 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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To: JustSayNoToNannies

What part of 66 percent escaped you? Most teens do not believe that marijuana is easier to get.


261 posted on 09/13/2012 8:38:55 AM PDT by JCBreckenridge (Texas, Texas, Whisky)
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by showing that the illegal drug is easier for kids to get than any single legal-for-adults drug.

Only 34 percent of teenagers believed it was easier for them to get Marijuana.

They other 66 percent believed otherwise. So this is FALSE.

Which part of "single" did you not understand?

What part of 66 percent escaped you? Most teens do not believe that marijuana is easier to get.

Most teens do not believe that marijuana is easiest to get among ALL drugs - which is why I didn't say that. I correctly said marijuana is easier for kids to get than any single legal-for-adults drug: 34% > 31% and 34% > 14%.

"44. Which is easiest for someone your age to buy: cigarettes, beer or marijuana?
31% CIGARETTES
14% BEER
34% MARIJUANA
5% THE SAME
15% DON'T KNOW/NO RESPONSE"

262 posted on 09/13/2012 8:48:14 AM PDT by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: JustSayNoToNannies

“Most teens do not believe that marijuana is easiest to get”

Thank you. Finally. So you admit that your argument is completely unfounded.


263 posted on 09/13/2012 10:06:20 AM PDT by JCBreckenridge (Texas, Texas, Whisky)
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Most teens do not believe that marijuana is easiest to get [among ALL drugs - which is why I didn't say that. I correctly said marijuana is easier for kids to get than any single legal-for-adults drug: 34% > 31% and 34% > 14%.] (text omitted by JCB in brackets)

Thank you. Finally. So you admit that your argument is completely unfounded.

As the text you omitted from your reply shows, I did nothing of the sort. The facts are entirely sufficient to found my argument:

Since teens who can most easily get pot outnumber those who can most easily get beer, and also outnumber those who can most easily get cigarettes, it looks like the most effective way to keep pot out of teens’ hands is to legalize it for adults - so sellers have an incentive not to sell to kids (namely, the loss of their legal adult sales).

264 posted on 09/13/2012 10:18:52 AM PDT by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: JustSayNoToNannies

I knew that...I’ve been following the conversation... and marveling at your patience...lol


265 posted on 09/13/2012 10:19:16 AM PDT by Tuanedge
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