It’s hard to answer someone who argues against himself. Legalizing , “harnessing the power of the market, “ alcohol and cigarettes, has not limited the availability to minors. The Harvard / Northwestern study showed significant brain changes in “casual users;” that’s not something your pop psychologists at Psychology Today demonstrated in alcohol users. Legalizing most anything is going to increase availability because “ there’s no law against it. “ Furthermore, it’s well demonstrated that children pick up their parents ‘ habits. But of course, it will be only the’best parents” who will be buying marijuana, they won’t be smoking marijuana in front of their kids, or leaving a few joints around that will be easily picked up.
BTW, the trend may be down in Colorado for thinking this was a good idea: “
“Most of the attention paid to the new survey of Colorado voters by Suffolk University and USA Today has focused on what respondents had to say about the election contests for governor and U.S. senator.
But pollsters asked a lot of questions about other matters — including marijuana. And the results, issued Wednesday, seem to show a change in thinking about the legalization of pot.
Fifty percent of likely Colorado voters now disagree with the decision to legalize recreational marijuana in Colorado; 46 percent agree with that change.And 49 percent says they disapprove of the way the state is managing legal pot sales, versus 42 percent who approve.”
I’m sure Soros can reverse the trend with an advertizing blitz though.
I contend Cheese burgers and fries do far more damage to both the health of the nation, and individuals.
Arteries to the brain are blocked by the over-consumption of saturated fat and transfats.
AND it blocks arteries going everywhere else.
I could list HUNDREDS of per-reviewed studies to support my contention from THE most respected publications in the world.
10's of millions die prior to reaching the age of 70, as awarded in the Bible, as a DIRECT RESULT of the consumption of transfats and saturated fat in combination.
It's made them less available to minors than pot.
The Harvard / Northwestern study showed significant brain changes in “casual users;” that’s not something your pop psychologists at Psychology Today
No, the Scripps Research Institute
demonstrated in alcohol users
I'll bet you don't want your minor kids drinking even "casually."
The point remains that young people report that they can get pot (which is illegal for all, except in a few states) more easily than beer or cigarettes (which are legal for adults).
Those two studies used 20 people to conclude nothing. Now 20 is an interesting number that is the number of ways alcohol damages the human body including the brain, number 20 is death, 6 others can cause death. Didn’t hear your call to outlaw alcohol which has been well established as detrimental to ones health in 20 ways.
You did manage to get a “for the children’s sake” in though. While I agree with you on that, I note you don’t apply that same standard to alcohol or tobacco.
Getting high on cannabis is dumb but not any more dumb than getting high (intoxicated) on alcohol. Alcohol is by far a more serious health risk and costs the taxpayers billions because it is consumed. I don’t want to make anyone a criminal because they smoke a plant any more than I want to make anyone a criminal because they drink a plant. Plus there are medical uses from cannabis plant that are to beneficial to be without.