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To: JustSayNoToNannies
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

You're kidding me right?.....Where do you think underage teenagers get their booze from????????

I started drinking at the age of 17, in the summer of 1968 after I graduated from high school. NONE OF US were of legal age to purchase alcohol and had to rely on several 21 year old "ADULTS" who could....

255 posted on 03/13/2013 1:10:58 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (This space for rent)
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To: Hot Tabasco
Teens report nationwide that they can get the illegal-for-adults drug pot more easily than legal-for-adults beer or cigarettes; the evidence is that 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).

You're kidding me right?.....Where do you think underage teenagers get their booze from????????

Which part of "most" did you not understand? No known approach is 100% effective - but the evidence is that legalization for adults works better.

258 posted on 03/13/2013 1:47:49 PM PDT by JustSayNoToNannies ("The Lord has removed His judgments against you" - Zep. 3:15)
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