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>legalization creates in general more accessible weed, and so more teens could get it? When I was an NYC middle school teacher, one of my students offered to g

>legalization creates in general more accessible weed, and so more teens could get it? When I was an NYC middle school teacher, one of my students offered to get me all of the weed I wanted, if I could get him some beer for his party. The illegal, unregulated weed was obviously far more available to him than the legal, regulated alchohol. That argument doesn't hold.

minkzilla 4y ago
Well I what you've said may be true, a single anecdote does not prove his argument wrong.
- kingkawn 4y ago
  Single anecdote actually worth much more than an abstract argument
beepbooptheory 4y ago
Its not "my" argument, I'm simply pointing out that I found it strange to pull out Haidt to explain the concern, when we could understand it far more simply. To add to your anecdata: yes it was much easier for me to get weed as a teen than alcohol. In that I think the concern itself is misguided even without retrospection. But this is all orthogonal to my comment.
- p0pcult 4y ago
  Yep, youre right. I've edited my post to reflect that. Apologies.
slfnflctd 4y ago
I had the same experience in the US Midwest. Weed was far easier to obtain than alcohol, in part because the underground black market has always involved teenagers, and in part because adults able to buy/sell alcohol could get into big trouble supplying it to minors. I'm sure there are adults willing to illegally provide cannabis to kids, just as there have always been some willing to do so with booze. However, the legal market obliterates much of the underground black market (which is part of the point), so I would expect supplies to be much more limited than in a prohibition environment where the incentive to break the law is already greater for all potential consumers. In my experience, most adults who can get what they want without breaking the law would far rather do that than take risks they don't have to. Why would I open the door to being thrown in jail to help some children get high? Not to mention all the possible secondary consequences.

minkzilla 4y ago

Well I what you've said may be true, a single anecdote does not prove his argument wrong.

kingkawn 4y ago
Single anecdote actually worth much more than an abstract argument

beepbooptheory 4y ago

Its not "my" argument, I'm simply pointing out that I found it strange to pull out Haidt to explain the concern, when we could understand it far more simply. To add to your anecdata: yes it was much easier for me to get weed as a teen than alcohol. In that I think the concern itself is misguided even without retrospection. But this is all orthogonal to my comment.

p0pcult 4y ago
Yep, youre right. I've edited my post to reflect that. Apologies.

slfnflctd 4y ago

I had the same experience in the US Midwest. Weed was far easier to obtain than alcohol, in part because the underground black market has always involved teenagers, and in part because adults able to buy/sell alcohol could get into big trouble supplying it to minors. I'm sure there are adults willing to illegally provide cannabis to kids, just as there have always been some willing to do so with booze. However, the legal market obliterates much of the underground black market (which is part of the point), so I would expect supplies to be much more limited than in a prohibition environment where the incentive to break the law is already greater for all potential consumers. In my experience, most adults who can get what they want without breaking the law would far rather do that than take risks they don't have to. Why would I open the door to being thrown in jail to help some children get high? Not to mention all the possible secondary consequences.