Reply To: Legalizing Marijuana – Against Torah?

BS”D

Re smoking: if marijuana were used casually and not on a regular basis would it be as bad as cigarettes healthwise?

Re underage: how hard is it for underage kids to get alcohol in NYC? I was 19 when the age was raised to 21 and theoretically got the raw end of the stick but in reality I could buy all the liquor I wanted at NYC liquor stores and I was served along with a group of underage freshmen in a bar. (The only time I was carded was when I was 23 and went to buy Shabbos wine at a store that was being monitored as its owners were known for tax and other violations; I was tempted to ask them why they waited so long to check me since I had begun shopping there at age 19 or 20!)