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0 pointsscarface747y ago0 comments

Easily. Vape usage among children and teenagers is going up. That should be stopped.

Because banning substances has worked so well in the past - see weed.

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komali27y ago· 2 in thread

>see weed.

I'm not sure what you mean by this, without further argument. Marijuana usage went up a couple percentage points in Colorado after legalization.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-viz-met-colorado-lega...

Prohibition kinda works, kinda doesn't. I think it really depends. Banning something like alcohol that the vast majority of the population partakes in was very silly. Banning heroin? I'm not so sure it's as simple.

Noos7y ago

i think that if the legalized substance has strong sanctions and limits, it can work. Like smoking is legal, but disapproved, heavily taxed, and limited in public. If the sanctions don't or can't exist, legalization won't work in the long run.

scarface74OP7y ago

I meant just the opposite. Keeping weed illegal didn’t affect the usage. If it only went up a couple of percentage points that implies that anyone who wanted it, was easily able to get it and it being illegal wasn’t a deterrent.

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