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Legalization with regulation tends to make it harder to obtain the product illegally. It's easier for kids in most of the US to get cannabis than it is for the
by filoeleven 11y ago
Legalization with regulation tends to make it harder to obtain the product illegally. It's easier for kids in most of the US to get cannabis than it is for them to get alcohol, for example, because the legal, regulated market for alcohol makes selling it illegally largely unprofitable and therefore a much less attractive practice to engage in. This despite the far greater general availability of alcohol.
- intopieces 11y agoDo you have any citations for this? My personal experience was totally the opposite. I could always get an over 21 friend to run to the liquor store and get me whatever I wanted. Scoring weed was texting a friend of a friend and hoping for the best.
- forloop 11y agoI would argue it's better if children had more access—under the condition they're using it as a substitute for alcohol. Alcohol is a more damaging drug. Making less harmful drugs illegal, and the more harmful drugs legal is backwards. Ideally, no children would have access to recreational drugs under any circumstances. However, we don't live in that world. We live in the real world.
- dota_fanatic 11y agoThe difference is that dealers are your own age, and could be found as early as 7th grade. Having a "friend" that's over 21 that is willing to take time to buy alcohol illegally for you? Young people will find it easier to find a weed dealer their own age than one that's 21+ AND willing to do something illegal for them (provide alcohol to a minor).