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So 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 incom

So 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 ago
  Not 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 ago
    My 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 ago
      You 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 ago
  You 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 ago
    Nancy Reagan: Don’t sniff glue to get high. Kids: You can sniff glue and get high!!!
  - delusional 11mo ago
    We have newer and more relevant data than DARE.
iamnothere 11mo ago
Laws that nobody respects lead to lack of respect for the law as a whole.

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 ago
Not 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 ago
  My 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 ago
    You 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 ago
You 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 ago
  Nancy Reagan: Don’t sniff glue to get high. Kids: You can sniff glue and get high!!!
- delusional 11mo ago
  We have newer and more relevant data than DARE.

iamnothere 11mo ago

Laws that nobody respects lead to lack of respect for the law as a whole.