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posted by n1 on Thursday May 05 2016, @09:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the magical-numbers dept.

Late Wednesday, Brown signed the bill raising the age for tobacco use, including vaping, to 21, the Associated Press reports. He also vetoed a bill that would have asked voters to divert tobacco taxes to pay for the health expenses of those with tobacco-related ailments, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Source: NPR


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 05 2016, @10:31PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 05 2016, @10:31PM (#342282)

    The OP did mention a distinct difference with the War on Drugs, namely to *help* folks from the drug instead of incarcerate them.

  • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Friday May 06 2016, @03:03AM

    by Reziac (2489) on Friday May 06 2016, @03:03AM (#342385) Homepage

    The problem really is... a lot of people don't WANT to depart from their drug habit. Now what?

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    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by anubi on Friday May 06 2016, @03:32AM

      by anubi (2828) on Friday May 06 2016, @03:32AM (#342391) Journal

      Let 'em do what others may despise - IN PRIVATE - legally.

      If I have to take a shit, I sure as hell don't treat others to the experience of watching me get relief.

      Same with nose picking, ass scratching, and a good nut scratching.

      If several want a shared experience, I find nothing wrong with it, as long as they do whatever they want to do, in private.

      Bottom line - I feel no one has the right to force their experience onto someone else.

      Nor does anyone have the right to force others to deny someone else their experience.

      That is what privacy is for and why it should be well protected.

      Fellow soylenters: Care to offer any examples of why anything should be denied to someone as long as one groups pleasure is not coming at someone else's expense ( including the tragedy of the commons )?

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      • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Friday May 06 2016, @04:09AM

        by Reziac (2489) on Friday May 06 2016, @04:09AM (#342402) Homepage

        I agree; let people do unto themselves, in their own space, however they please so long as they don't involve/affect others' persons or property.

        I think where I was going is that it's disingenuous to think that a mere policy change from punishment to aid does much against drug use. Neither punishment nor aid works til the user =wants= to do stop using.

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        • (Score: 1) by anubi on Friday May 06 2016, @06:17AM

          by anubi (2828) on Friday May 06 2016, @06:17AM (#342448) Journal

          I think you are right on.

          I believe everybody has their little quirks that others find offensive. A good nut scratching really feels good to me, but I won't do this around others.

          Like you say, punishment nor aid will have much effect on this either.

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