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8/8/2013 8:43:13 AM
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Because legalizing marijuana means handing it out to all the kids and teens right?
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[url=http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/tobaccocancer/questionsaboutsmokingtobaccoandhealth/questions-about-smoking-tobacco-and-health-why-do-people-start]According to the Surgeon General[/url]’s Report, very few people start smoking after age 25. Nearly 9 out of 10 adult smokers started by age 18, and 99% started by age 26. [quote][url=http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/youth_data/tobacco_use/]Each day in the United States, nearly 4,000 people younger than 18 years of age smoke their first cigarette, and an estimated 1,000 youth in that age group become new daily cigarette smokers.2,6 This means that nearly 400,000 young people become daily smokers each year.[/url][/quote] So yes legalizing it will open it up to more kids due to it being safe to buy and more affordable.
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I'm not sure why your using tobacco statistics to argue against marijuana; rotten apples to cancer curing oranges...(well, close enough to cancer curing)
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you're arguing that the kids wouldn't gain better access to it if it's legalized. When in fact legalized drugs are easily passed to the minors. I can't show that many minors smoke marijuana because there aren't any hard evidence on that matter. Smoking cigarettes is the closest thing to smoking weed as of right now in the US.
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Actually, we've already seen a drop in the use of teens with medical states, and compared to the Netherlands far less teens use it. Just like alcohol. Prohibition only makes it easier for teens to get.
