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To: TimF who wrote (782011)	4/26/2014 4:32:27 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578529

Why are you thinking I should be able to find loads of kids using marijuana candy when it's just been legalized and this is just coming on the market? To make the analogies a good one you would have to be arguing that because we don't want kids gambling and going to strip clubs that we should shut down casinos and strip clubs, rather than making an adults only rule. Excuse me, but I've been zeroing in on cannabis candies that are lookalikes of existing commercial candies, not the marijuana stores themselves. Now suppose makers of gambling machines were producing Sponge Bob slot machines or roulette wheel games. That would be a better comparison. I find the idea that they are doing it primarily to target kids totally unsupported, maybe even close to laughable. Significant business from kids would pretty much result in the business being shut down. First off, it's not necessary for the stores to let in kids and sell them candy directly ... someone of legal age will go in and buy it and then resell it. As happens now with things kids can't buy. Go up to an illegal alien and tell him you want him to go in the store and buy whatever you want and let him keep a couple dollars and he'll do it. Second, in the Houston area half the convenience stores are owned by Pakistanis and a lot of them (maybe most of them) will sell anything to anybody regardless of age. The businesses don't get shut down mostly because no one reports them. It's actually not easy to make cases against a retailer selling alcohol to underage kids. I've heard of a few stings where the police send in someone underage to buy. Here's the penalties for the stores - note that the stores selling to booze to kids are not "shut down" - they will lose their liquor license temporarily though: The businesses where alcohol was sold face administrative penalties of suspension of their TABC license for eight to 12 days for a first offense and 16-24 days for the second one, Zella previously said. They could, however, opt to pay $300 per day instead. Businesses with a third offense face either a permit suspension of 48 days or outright permit cancellation, or $300 per day for the 48 days. The smart thing is to stop selling to youths after a first offense until the store is sold to a cousin or brother-in-law or something. Then it becomes a new business with a new record. In time, that situation will prevail with marijuana retailers as the number of stores expand. And it's smart marketing to get kids using marijuana as earlier as possible. The idea that all of the retailers are going to be moral agents just doesn't describe reality. 99% of the legal (at least according to state law) marijuana business want nothing to do with kids. 99% don't give a damn who uses their product.