[fintstone]

Originally Posted by gordner

If that is the sum of your argument, it is not too relevant when you talk about legalization with a minimum age requirement, and realistically understand that legalization hurts the black market and makes it more difficult to get illicitly, ie underage.

There is already a minimum age requirement and from earlier threads, folks on your side of the argument tell me that schools are full of MJ and it is readily available to children. Making the use more widespread and the drug easily available would seem to make that problem worse. Additionally, it makes the job of catching a "pusher" much more difficult as possession would be quite legal...so one would have to witness an actual transaction.


If MJ possession is legal and it can be purchased legally, it provides any entrepreneurial adult the ability to procures (immediately) MJ (even on a whim) and sell it to children. He would not have to risk getting caught buying, possessing or have to purchase large amounts from dangerous cartel members to sell to children. Just go down to the local dispensary. Quick, clean, easy.

I have no data that would lead me to believe that legalization has done anything but help the black market...in heroin.