this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2024
33 points (82.4% liked)
Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'
948 readers
34 users here now
Rules:
-
News must be from a reliable source. No tabloids or sensationalism, please.
-
Try to keep it safe for work. Contact a moderator before posting if you have any doubts.
-
Titles of articles must remain unchanged; however extraneous information like "Watch:" or "Look:" can be removed. Titles with trailing, non-relevant information can also be edited so long as the headline's intent remains intact.
-
Be nice. If you've got nothing positive to say, don't say it.
Violators will be banned at mod's discretion.
Communities We Like:
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Tried to, couldn't without jumping through digital hoops, and fuck that noise.
It's one of those things where if the source is going to throw popups, it's the poster's option to summarize or provide info, or just accept discourse on what is provided.
Being honest though? It depends on the exact age as to whether or not I would change/remove my previous statement.
Prohibition is a fail by default. The U.S. has chosen to go to war with its own citizens over substances many times, and it only serves to cause different problems.
With teenagers, how bad the effects are varies as they age, and I would still state that the the laws involved are shitty unless they take that into account as well as the fact that there's always a black market. The solution long term is better efforts at giving good information to prevent use, and better support when bad choices happen.
There is a threshold where the effects are just too severe, so it starts becoming more about the abuse done to the teens than what substances are involved. Past a threshold, it's a waste of resources to try and jail people for selling things that are easily available despite laws.
Now, that threshold age is a problem in all that because I haven't run across anything that can pin it down exactly where the teenager suffers worse effects than an adult would, and how much, for a given substance. So laws including providing harmful substances as a form of abuse based on age would be difficult, but still better than blanket prohibition.