Cops seizing synthetic marijuana

But, I am sure you ok with beer, wine, liquor, etc, being sold in stores and your kids getting a hold of that, eh? Oh, and you say they can't buy it at 16? Yeah right...

Yeah, go ahead. If insulting me makes you feel better, have at it. Typical response. But, before you think too quickly that age limits really cut down that much on young people drinking, think of all of the places they have access without having to show IDs. How about in your own house? Keeping beer, wine or liquor around? Do they have friends or acquaintances that are old enough to buy it for them? How about the stores in the area that are a little looser about the whole ID thing? How about the parties your children go to? How about the parents of children your children hang out with that aren't as careful with their beverages?

You are the one missing intelligence and denying what is going on. After teaching a youth class at church for some time I can tell you first hand that out of a class of 20 I had only three children that did not regularly drink when they were out away from their parents (ages 12 to 18 in my class, by the way). And before you write them off as bad seeds or having parents that don't care, these are, for the most part, what we would call good kids from good homes. But, because alcoholic beverages are easily available, they have access to it. It was this way when I was young and remains so now.

Since you are obviously too ignorant to get the point, I will spell it out for you. My point in bringing up alcoholic beverages was that people are all up in arms about drugs (synthetic or otherwise) and then head right out and support the alcohol industry. People will read this article while popping open a beer or tossing back a shot. And even though you insist otherwise, age restrictions provides a very limited deterrent (more like a speed bump). Again, it didn't stop us when I was a teen and it doesn't now.

As long as alcoholic beverages are available, children and teenagers will get their hands on it. And as long as adults keep buying it, it will be available to young people. If you buy beer, wine or liquor, you are part of the problem because you won't give it up or take a stand against it. Instead, you'll resort to weak attempts at insulting people that call out hypocrisy. Want to make a real difference, have the guts to take a stand and not support the alcohol industry. Or, if people won't do that, stop being hypocrites. If the problem is that the young people have to easy of access to this synthetic stuff and you think age limits help, then why not push for age restriction laws? They won't work (because they don't for alcohol or cigarettes), but have at it. At least that would be consistent and non-hypocritical.