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....how do 14 year olds get smokes now?
Making it illegal to buy at certain ages has never worked...banning them outright also won't work. You cannot stop people from doing things, no matter how many words you put on paper.
Has the war on drugs not been a thought to these people? It is useless and does nothing.
The war on drugs can't work because the CIA uses illicit drug running to fund off-the-books projects.
Maybe if they stopped fucking doing that?
The war on drugs can't work because people want drugs. Has literally fuck-all to do with anything or anyone else.
Drug smuggling could never be totally eliminated but I'm sure the government could do a better job if the goal was actually to stop the drug trade.
But that is not and never was the goal.