[headsonpikes]

"It doesn't work for alcohol..."

It doesn't work PERFECTLY, no. It would be naive to imagine that any set of regulations could be both universal, and just.

The utopian Puritanical streak in America is certainly persistant, despite the fact that reasonable regulation ALWAYS works better than fanatical prohibitionism.

Legalistic perfectionism is the driving germ of American-style socialism, imo. The feminist crones and race-pimping hustlers join the gun-grabbers and dope-warriors in mutual assault on American liberty.

Probably using the same lawyers. ;^)

[robertpaulsen]

"It doesn't work for alcohol..." It doesn't work PERFECTLY, no."

I don't expect perfection. But, I would accept "pretty well", or even "somewhat". You tell me how this "reasonable restriction" for alcohol is working:

Alcohol Use Among Students in the Past Month
8th Grade: 21%
10th grade: 39%
12th Grade: 50%

Marijuana use is about half that for each group, and teens say it's easier to get than alcohol.

Obviously there's something else at work here, and that something else is the legitimacy brought on by legalization. IMO.