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by cronix 1763 days ago
That would also then apply to other legal drugs, such as alcohol, no? Does alcohol not affect a developing brain in people under 25?
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Yes, alcohol has an effect on developing brains as well, although the brain is less malleable as you approach that age. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24173194
All I ask and hope for is consistency in the law. We shouldn't use reasons like "it's a forming brain" to shoot it down in one drug context while ignoring it in another, totally legal drug context. Alcohol is a drug, period. A very destructive drug, and it's completely legal for anyone of age. If cannabis is too destructive to young minds to be legalized, so is alcohol and we have way more scientific evidence in that case. Let's just be consistent.
If you like consistency, then you'll like this bill. It sets the legal age of buying cannabis to 21, the same as alcohol.