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In the online world you can’t make sure of anything. Florida for instance requires age verification for porn sites. Guess how many mainstream sites not based
by raw_anon_1111 11mo ago
In the online world you can’t make sure of anything. Florida for instance requires age verification for porn sites. Guess how many mainstream sites not based in the US are completely ignoring the law and guess how many others are easily accessible via a VPN? If you guessed the sum total of both is less than 100%, you would be wrong - and even that is tilted toward sites that just ignored it.
The one thing you can control is your childs access through their device using parental controls.
I can absolutely guarantee you that any teenager can easily get access to weed, cigarettes and alcohol despite the laws and definitely can use a VPN. It only takes one smart kid to show them how.
- delusional 11mo ago> I can absolutely guarantee you that any teenager can easily get access to weed, cigarettes and alcohol Is you argument then that we shouldn't age gate those things in reality either? Would you suggest that teenagers smoke and drink just as much as they would have had it been legal to sell to minors? Laws don't just exist to stop you, they also exist to shape society. They exist as signals for what we deem appropriate behavior.
- raw_anon_1111 11mo agoSo we make meaningless laws that inconsistently enforced? What do you think happens when little Johnny is caught with weed in his car in a 95% White high income school district vs little Jerome in a 95% Black school district? Also how much “shaping of society” do you expect to happen when you pass a law that no one respects? How many kids do you think a law is going to stop from going to the porn sites that completely ignored the law? How many kids say “I really want to smoke weed but it’s illegally so I won’t do it”?
- delusional 11mo ago> How many kids say “I really want to smoke weed but it’s illegally so I won’t do it”? I think it's generally accepted that marijuana use increases after legalization. So yes.
- raw_anon_1111 11mo agoNot according to the CDC with kids https://www.mpp.org/issues/legalization/adult-use-legalization-corresponds-with-drop-in-teen-marijuana-use/ https://www.mpp.org/issues/legalization/adult-use-legalizati...
- delusional 11mo agoMy guy, this is making the opposite argument from what you think: "On the illegal market, no one is checking IDs before selling marijuana. When and where cannabis is illegal, high schoolers often sell cannabis to their peers. In contrast, licensed cannabis stores have overwhelming compliance with age-gating." It has indeed not increased the cannabis use of kids, but that would also still be illegal. That study is an argument that age gating works.
- raw_anon_1111 11mo agoYou would be surprised to know that illegal weed sells still happen where it’s legal because it’s cheaper. But even if that wasn’t the case, underage cigarette smoking has been rampant forever
- pksebben 11mo agoYou would think so, but DARE increased adolescent usage of some drugs while having little to no effect on others. Turns out being illegal isn't as much of a disincentive as being uncool. If your parents are smoking it...
- raw_anon_1111 11mo agoNancy Reagan: Don’t sniff glue to get high. Kids: You can sniff glue and get high!!!
- delusional 11mo agoWe have newer and more relevant data than DARE.
- iamnothere 11mo agoLaws that nobody respects lead to lack of respect for the law as a whole.