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California's Legal Smoking Age Set to Rise to 21

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

takyon writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Thexalon on Friday May 06 2016, @02:32AM

    by Thexalon (636) on Friday May 06 2016, @02:32AM (#342367)

    For the record, I'm not a stoner. I know some, and many are perfectly normal kinds of folks who just like to smoke up when they get home from work. Demonstrating that some stoners are idiots does not prove that pot is more harmful than tobacco, especially since none of the studies done on that issue point in that direction.

    And as for dangerous, comparing an illegal product to tobacco is arguing in bad faith.

    How does the legality of pot have any bearing on how dangerous it is? I mean, I get that the local dope dealer isn't getting an FDA approval stamp on it, but that doesn't tell you anything about whether cannabis causes significant harm to human bodies. Pot was made illegal for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with science.

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

    by jmorris (4844) on Friday May 06 2016, @04:06AM (#342401)

    How does the legality of pot have any bearing on how dangerous it is?

    You don't think the price influences use? When the stuff is as cheap as tobacco and, apparently, even more legal is it not reasonable to suppose people will consume it in much greater quantity than now when it sells for way over a hundred dollars an ounce and carries a threat of imprisonment in most places for mere possession?

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Thexalon on Friday May 06 2016, @03:03PM

      by Thexalon (636) on Friday May 06 2016, @03:03PM (#342575)

      is it not reasonable to suppose people will consume it in much greater quantity than now when it sells for way over a hundred dollars an ounce and carries a threat of imprisonment in most places for mere possession?

      Even conceding that point (which is a stretch, because pot is very very easy for people to come by): As far as anybody can tell, nobody (not even the stoners) will be seriously harmed if there are people sitting around smoking dope and eating Cheetos. Certainly less people than will be harmed by having people standing around smoking cigarettes, via lung cancer and heart disease. Why are you so keen on making activities that don't hurt anybody illegal?

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