Legalize marijuana? Attorney explains why we should

[rmac694203]

Weed was probably easier until I was older. But I also had a few friends that sold weed so that made a difference. Many times we had to get cigarettes by just hanging outside a gas station and asking some guy to get us a pack. From my experience gas stations were always pretty good about carding you for cigarettes and blunts. That being said, a 12 year old could probably only get it the same way that I got cigarettes, by having someone else who was able to buy it get it for them. In that sense, it wouldn't be that much different than the way people get weed now, illegally. So as far as young kids were concerned, I don't think it would be any easier to get if it were legal.

 

[Redwingvksm]

Which was harder to get when you were in high school,
weed or cigarettes?

So, if marijuanna was legal, why would it be any more difficult for a 12 year old to get than tobacco? Is tobacco regulated, taxed, and don't they card before you buy a pack of smokes?

Hey now, that's not fair.

What was easier to get, cigs or liquor? Keep apples to apples and oranges to oranges.

 

[Calabrio]

Hey now, that's not fair.

What was easier to get, cigs or liquor? Keep apples to apples and oranges to oranges.

That's totally fair. You want to take an available illegal substance and make it legal, subject to the same checks that exist on tobacco and alcohol now.

Which was easier to get, cigs or liquor. When I was in a high school, cigarettes were easier. If marijuanna were sold at the 7-11, I'd imagine that it'd be equally as easy to obtain. It'd be small, discreet, and the perception that it's "Not bad for you" reinforce that.

Another question that needs to be answered would do you think more people, less people, or the same number of people will smoke pot if it were made available? And does it help or hurt society?

These are fair questions that need to be addressed when making policy like the one proposed in these "pot" threads.

 

[fossten]

Just remember: Once you legalize something, you get a lot more of it.

 

[Redwingvksm]

That's totally fair. You want to take an available illegal substance and make it legal, subject to the same checks that exist on tobacco and alcohol now.

Which was easier to get, cigs or liquor. When I was in a high school, cigarettes were easier. If marijuanna were sold at the 7-11, I'd imagine that it'd be equally as easy to obtain. It'd be small, discreet, and the perception that it's "Not bad for you" reinforce that.

Another question that needs to be answered would do you think more people, less people, or the same number of people will smoke pot if it were made available? And does it help or hurt society?

These are fair questions that need to be addressed when making policy like the one proposed in these "pot" threads.

Just treat it as you do Liquor. Age/stiffer penalities/etc... Done n' done.