The age restrictions on drugs (alcohol is also a drug) are because of researched and profound effects on developing brains. It has very little to do with undeve

The age restrictions on drugs (alcohol is also a drug) are because of researched and profound effects on developing brains. It has very little to do with undeveloped self-control (although that is definitely a thing). The difference in effects on dopamine between drugs and anything that isn't a drug is also profound, mainly because drugs will make things happen that simply cannot happen normally. I don't at all agree with your "children should not be exposed to things they might want" premise, but that is a discussion for another day.