>Also straw purchasing a legal substance is much easier than finding a dealer of an illegal one. You say that as if it's a given, but it really isn't. It's reg

>Also straw purchasing a legal substance is much easier than finding a dealer of an illegal one. You say that as if it's a given, but it really isn't. It's region-specific, if anything. I live in Tennessee, and I would guess that it might be easier for a teen to acquire meth than alcohol. That depends on who the particular teen happens to know. Don't forget, there is also straw purchasing of illicit substances too, people who know someone who knows someone, but don't have the direct access to the one with the substance, they're also straw purchasing.