[robertpaulsen]

Then how do you explain teens using alcohol 2:1 over marijuana?

Yep, let's legalize marijuana and make it as "hard to get" as alcohol. What a joke.

[MrLeRoy]

Then how do you explain teens using alcohol 2:1 over marijuana?

Adults use alcohol 11:1 over marijuana; the legal-for-adults drug is proportionately less used by teens.

[ravingnutter]

All I am saying is that the problem of teens getting marijuana could be no worse than it is already. Right now they can buy it on any street corner or at school. Legalizing it is not going to increase the number of children who have access to it or use it, in fact it might reduce it, as legalization would negatively impact the current black market. In fact, the taxes collected could be used for drug awareness programs to keep kids off of the stuff to begin with.

Like alchohol, we could make it illegal for the store to sell to anyone under the age of 21. IMHO, distribution by anyone other than an authorized dealer licensed by the Govt. should also be illegal. The financial gains for the Justice system would also be significant...no more prosecutions for possession by adults will clear up the courts and jail systems of these non-violent offenders, thus saving the states money.