Because it's the law. We don't get to pick and choose which laws we follow. If you don't agree with a law, fight to get it changed but don't break it in the meantime just because it's restrictive. There's a whole bunch of things happening in a teenage brain that doesn't happen in an adult one.
Did you know that there's been some research that suggests that you don't develop the ability to judge consequences of actions till your twenties? The pathways in your brain aren't fully developed for that at all till then. Adding in a mind altering substance to something still in flux? Not exactly the smartest thing in the world.
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Date: 2007-10-16 01:19 pm (UTC)Did you know that there's been some research that suggests that you don't develop the ability to judge consequences of actions till your twenties? The pathways in your brain aren't fully developed for that at all till then. Adding in a mind altering substance to something still in flux? Not exactly the smartest thing in the world.