WOULD have sold it to a 15 year old child? Maybe, maybe not. Let's face it, a 15 year old can get their hands on cigarettes or beer or porn or a gun or any number of other things if they really want to. That's life in a free society. And all those things ARE a crime, so again, if you commit a crime you should be held responsible for that. So if (in my model) possession alone isn't a crime, then it would take until that sale happens, and then there would be a crime.
I don't have a problem with legalizing pot. It would allow for some regulation (yes, SOME re my comment above about alcohol, guns, etc.) and I figure we could tax the hell out of it (like cigarretes and alcohol) and use the money to deal with harder drugs (education, treatment...) which I don't think should be legal. I would frankly like to see the cops leave the potheads alone and concentrate on the drugs that really DO kill people. I've never heard of anyone dying of a pot overdose or committing armed robbery so they could buy pot.
No offense taken! This has turned into an interesting and refreshingly civil discussion. If only we could be this civil in our opinions of Stevie and Lindsey!
