which would you rather see nationwide? pot legalized for age 21+ OR legal drinking age of 18

[dysfunctional press]

if you could only choose one or the other(or neither) but not both, which would it be...? marijuana treated pretty much as alcohol already is, OR- pot remains illegal to all, but alcohol is legal for anyone 18 years or older to buy and/or imbibe?

[bluestateguy]

1. This should be a state decision

The US Constitution has no grounds no ban private use of such substances.

[Ioo]

2. I fyou can be drafted and go to war, you should be able to drink

[dysfunctional press]

23. why? what does one have to do with the other?

(besides- we don't HAVE a draft, cruiser...)

[Kat45]

3. It's much more important for weed to be legal, both because

of its medicinal properties and because of all the waste of our money and people's lives with its illegality.

When I was 18, the drinking age was 18 and it was great. It made, and still makes, sense. I'd prefer both choices but if I could only have one, I'd go for the weed option. Because IMHO, pot being legal is more necessary.

[Dumak]

4. Who would you rather have driving behind you...

An 18 year old drunk driver, or a 21 year old stoned driver. I think the answer is obvious.

[1monster]

7. Neither, thank you. I would rather have a stone cold sober careful driver

behind, infront, beside, or otherwise behind the wheel of any motor vehicle on the road.

[1monster]

5. Why should it be an "either or" situation. I'm not sure about lowering the

drinking age to 18.

But then, it was lowered when I was 18 and while it didn't stop some students from going out and getting drunk every weekend, they did their drinking in bars and pubs, and thus, had a protection against getting so alchohol laden that they became brain damaged or dead...

[CrownPrinceBandar]

6. 18 year old drinkers will happen.............

before legal weed does.

[sharesunited]

8. Can we at least get confiscation of your pot to be the only penalty? No depriving of liberty!

[Old and In the Way]

9. No brainer - weed 21+

[dysfunctional press]

10. i thought there'd be at least a few indignant 18-20 year olds out there...

guess not.

[NYC Liberal]

11. Pot legal. Alcohol is already legal, as it should be...even if the age is

questionable.

[ZombieHorde]

12. I voted weed.

[Selatius]

13. Pot and alcohol legal at 18. Not an option in your poll, though.

Ideally, I'd like to see alcohol legalized at 16 as it is in most industrialized countries in Europe. Hell, some of them have it as low as 14.

[dysfunctional press]

20. it's not an option for a reason.

i wanted to see which one people felt was a bigger issue/made more sense.

[ShenandoahAspen]

14. pot legal for those over 21

Since alcohol is already legal for anyone over 21, I voted to make pot legal for anyone over 21. After that is done, then we can work on making both legal for anyone over 18.

[Joe Fields]

15. no contest. pot legalized.

[kattjones]

16. No brainer

Pot should be legal. I also think it's a great idea to raise the driving age to 18. Any thoughts?

[ShenandoahAspen]

18. Yes, everything should be 18.

18 is when, in the eyes of the law, a person becomes an adult. They should get all privileges -- drinking, smoking, driving, pot, etc. the day they turn 18 and not a day before.

[dysfunctional press]

21. driving age should be 18 or high school graduation...

whichever comes first.

[OmahaBlueDog]

17. Legalize weed, tax it like Hell

Half the tax proceeds to anti-drug abuse and anti-smoking education. The other half to general revenue.

[Leftist Agitator]

19. How about legal drinking and marijuana smoking for EVERYONE over 18?

That would seem to be the sensible solution.

[dysfunctional press]

22. not in this poll.

but you're free to start your own.

[Sanctified]

24. No both option? n/t

[dysfunctional press]

30. that's not what this poll is about.

it's more about which option would have the most 'social value' to people.

[Cleita]

25. I'd like to see both legalized.n/t

[SeattleGirl]

26. Pot should be legalized but have the same restrictions as cigarettes.

And before you start going on about how smoking is worse for those around them, there are those among us who hate the smell of pot and who don't want to get a contact high.

[dysfunctional press]

31. actually it should have the same restrictions as alcohol...

cigarettes don't impair you/your judgement the way pot can with some people.

[Sanctified]

27. Can I change my answer to legalize pot to people over 75?

It would give me a reason to live past 65.

[JVS]

28. It's like Lenin said. You look at who stands to benefit, and ummmmmm

[Iggo]

29. Pot legalized for over 18.

Yeah, I know. I still think 18 deserves the full rights of majority.

[Naturyl]

32. Weed legalized.

I don't smoke weed, but the number of people in jail, on probation, or otherwise negatively affected by weed criminalization is just ridiculous. The drug is demonstrably FAR less harmful than either alcohol or tobacco and has no business being criminalized when those two drugs are legally available.

As far as I can tell, the war on weed is just a scam intended to enrich jailers, lawyers, corporations who exploit prison labor, corporations who fear competition from hemp products, and other grubby little outstretched hands.