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[โ€“] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

So you've never seen an underage person smoke? Kids already ignore the law and get cigarettes from adults or stores that don't bother checking their ID, so it's not even a hypothetical, it's just reality. Prohibition doesn't work

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  • [โ€“] -2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Consider that the UK is becoming more and more of a surveillance-state, though. I doubt that "store clerk 'forgets' to check for ID" is going to stay a thing.

    I'm not saying that a black market won't exist, but it's going to become more like buying "hard" illegal drugs is today, i.e. much harder than for drugs that are currently legal for all adults.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I think you have zero clue how easy it is for children to buy hard drugs

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  • [โ€“] -1 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I certainly never consciously met someone who would sell me illegal-for-adults drugs as a kid.

    I think you overestimate the willingness of most people to buy illegal drugs.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I certainly never consciously met someone who would sell me illegal-for-adults drugs as a kid.

    Sorry to tell you this, but you weren't one of the cool kids then. People either didn't like you, or thought you were a snitch, if you've never at the very least been offered weed as a kid

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