So we make meaningless laws that inconsistently enforced? What do you think happens when little Johnny is caught with weed in his car in a 95% White high income school district vs little Jerome in a 95% Black school district?
Also how much “shaping of society” do you expect to happen when you pass a law that no one respects?
How many kids do you think a law is going to stop from going to the porn sites that completely ignored the law?
How many kids say “I really want to smoke weed but it’s illegally so I won’t do it”?
My guy, this is making the opposite argument from what you think:
"On the illegal market, no one is checking IDs before selling marijuana. When and where cannabis is illegal, high schoolers often sell cannabis to their peers. In contrast, licensed cannabis stores have overwhelming compliance with age-gating."
It has indeed not increased the cannabis use of kids, but that would also still be illegal. That study is an argument that age gating works.
Also how much “shaping of society” do you expect to happen when you pass a law that no one respects?
How many kids do you think a law is going to stop from going to the porn sites that completely ignored the law?
How many kids say “I really want to smoke weed but it’s illegally so I won’t do it”?