Thanks for supporting my position - fewer youths have an alcohol use disorder than an illicit drug use disorder.
Both marijuana and alcohol are illegal for teens to purchase.
Only alcohol sellers jeopardize a legal sales channel by selling to teens.
The question is not which is easier to purchase, but which is more accessible. Alcohol is far more accessible
Still wrong:
Which is easiest for someone your age to get: cigarettes, beer, marijuana, or prescription drugs without a prescription, drugs such as Oxycontin, Vicodin, Xanax or Ritalin?
26% Cigarettes
23% Beer
22% Marijuana - https://www.centeronaddiction.org/download/file/fid/1282
Re: Thanks for supporting my position - fewer youths have an alcohol use disorder than an illicit drug use disorder.
Not quite true. According to page 28-29 of:c
https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUH-FRR1-2014/NSDUH-FRR1-2014.pdf
679,000 teens between 12 - 17 had alcohol use disorder 2014
667,000 teens had a marijuana use disorder in 2014
You quoted in your last post some “ease of getting” statistics - but by your own statistics, it shows that beer was slightly easier to get than marijuana:
26% cigarettes
23% beer
22%. marijuana
In that same report you posted, on page 15, it shows an interesting statistic. Among “drug-infected” schools vs “drug-free” schools, alcohol was easier to get within an hour (alcohol) 36% as opposed to marijuana (23%).
Look, I must admit I was surprised at how close marijuana use disorder was among teens to alcohol abuse disorder, but none the less, alcohol still is the greater issue. Among all age groups, alcohol abuse is almost four times that of marijuana use disorder (see pages 24-25 of same report).
The legalization of marijuana is coming nationwide in the near future. I’m just saying it’s going to come with a terrible human cost. I don’t think it’s worth it, but by, that’s just me.
You can have the last word if you want it.