Regulated/taxed recreational marijuana legal over the age of 25 & any age for validated medical use

1) Laugh out Loud- I like how you keep referring to GUYS not being adults at age 21, 45 cause they don't have the skills I mentioned for the definition. Though it has been proven that girls do mature faster then guys. But at 21, you may have made it through high school and a bit of college but that was majority your parents doing in most cases. They are the ones who paid for your food, shelter, needs, made you get up in the morning to go to school in the first place everyday, berated to constantly about homework, tests, studying, telling you to clean your room or doing it for you, same with laundry and your bills for cell phone, car, credit card if you were lucky. I contend that a majority of kids now a days can not handle the adult world due to parents overzealous need to protect and shelter brought on by media scares, weird doctor advice and books saying your a bad parent if you allow/force your kids to take more responsibility and face consequences of their actions. Look at the Affluenza Teen - grant you he is the extreme, brought about by a rich upbringing but most young adults/teens of this generation seem to have an innate feeling of protection? from consequences and don't understand how when doing "adult" activities such as drinking, smoking, driving, sex, having a bill, living on your own, and doing drugs there are real life consequences and reaction to the actions because they did not have GUIDANCE in the proper course of those action from their parents and to a degree society ( it takes a village to raise a child anyone ? ) I would hope by 25 people have experienced enough of life, and done it ON THEIR OWN, to be able to have a proper skill set and mind frame to be considered an adult and to fully understand the "adult" ramifications of their actions, thereby making rational CHOICES that is best for them. 2) I apologize I always get psychologist and psychiatrist messed up. The distinction between the two careers is that psychiatrists can prescribe medications, while in most states psychologists cannot. However, there has been a recent push to grant prescribing powers to psychologists. Some states such as New Mexico and Louisiana now grant prescribing privileges to medical psychologists holding a post-doctoral master's degree or equivalent in clinical psychopharmacology. As that emotions and a persons mental state are/can be effected by marijuana and psychologist deals with THAT aspect of the mind instead of a mental illness, and since I don't think either of us would classify smoking or being under the influence of marijuana as a "mental illness" unless it becomes and addiction, I think in the end a psychologist would be the better prescriber, though lawfully NOW its a psychiatrist. As for the rest I understand that when a person makes a choice they choose to be liable in the general sense of the word. But in LEGAL terms it has to be laid out bare as bones, cause even then people try to sue and bring criminal charges towards other people, businesses, ect even in situations where they have made a CHOICE of an action, even against advice/warning of professionals, ect and then when there are consequences try to shift the blame from themselves, like a drunk driver suing the bar that served them the drink they had before they crashed their car and killed/injured other people or themselves. A server/bar can cut off a patron but nothing prevents them from just going to another bar and continue to drink till they are blitzed. They make the CHOICE to continue drinking yet a lot try to find fault in others instead of taking the responsibility upon themselves. Thats human nature for the majority of society. 4) Your examples themselves have limitations or a least laws and codes of conduct that are SUPPOSE to limit and guide (Im not naming names but cops now a days ....) People can't drive till they pass a test and are of a mandated age and if they violate laws related to driving their are consequences. We have quarantine protocols for people with infectious disease and we require students to be vaccinated against such disease, and employers can send you home to keep you from infecting other workers. Fireworks also have an age minimum on at least buying them and most cities have laws against them entirely, though everyone should turn a blind eye to New Years and 4th of July (Happy birthday USA !). You can CHOOSE to drink and drive, you can CHOOSE to get a infectious disease and smear your snot on door handles and sneeze of your co-workers ( you sickness terrorist !) you can CHOOSE to aim your firework at a person or house after lighting it BUT there are gonna be consequences and it is those consequences that are meant to give you pause at least before you act rashly, though now a days people just don't seem to care ( cough cough whisper cops ...) if there are consequences attached to bad CHOICES.... I think we both wish for legalized marijuana just differ on the extent of regulation. I guess being a parent I want stricter controls cause kids will always take it further then it needs to go/safety cause thats what they do - testing limits - like you can TELL a kid not to touch a hot stove or fire cause they will get burned but most don't fully realize it as a consequence of action, that it REAL, until they actually DO touch fire/the stove or at least get close enough to inflict some pain and the flight or fight automatic response in their brain kicks in and the learn its a BAD CHOICE. I like setting limits and trying to head off the misery beforehand as much as possible, at least till its no longer my LEGAL responsibility. Morally I'll still care, I'll kiss their boo boo AFTERWARDS but if they STILL want to touch the heat AFTER I TOLD THEM NOT TO I'll let them and let THEM deal with the consequences.