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Originally Posted by polak
While I don't disagree with the age for weed being higher because of how it can affect the developing teenage brain, I think raising it for Alcohol is a bad idea.
Then you just have kids hiding it from their parents and that's when things get sketchy. Kids turn 18, get too drunk and need help? They'll call there parents. They might not if they're 18 but the legal age is 21.
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Yeah, I don't see a draw back or negative at all with making the age to purchase pot a little higher, other than the "it's not fair" argument posted on the previous page. The best case scenario is that minors have less access and the worst case scenario is that it doesn't make a difference. For the vast majority, nothing changes.
And no, I wouldn't raise the age of alcohol either. I didn't mean to imply that. I would also be in favour of eventually lowering the age to purchase pot once legalization settles in and we have data to look at. For the first little while, there are going to be a lot of apprehensive people looking for their "told you so moments", and I don't think we should underestimate how fast public opinion can be turned. Just because it will be legal, it does not mean the propaganda war against pot disappears.