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Rather than banning, how about having an age minimum, something that’s worked fairly well* for alcohol and cigarettes? *depending on your definition of working

• scarface74 7y ago
  Because a law has worked really well to stop underage drinking, smoking, and weed. It’s the same consequences. Little Johnny with well connected parents and a judge who doesn’t want to ruin the life of someone “who could be his kid” gets off easy while they expel little Jerome who is just “going to turn out to be a thug anyway.”
  • bonoboTP 7y ago
    The good solution - already practiced in many European countries for alcohol and tobacco - is to punish the store if they sell to a minor, not the kid who buys it.
    • scarface74 7y ago
      The store is punished. The store usually doesn’t sell to the minor, a minor can get someone overage to get it from them - especially in college. It also hasn’t stopped kids from getting weed and cigarettes.