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Originally Posted by JurisDictum
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So the fact that the part of your brain that allows you to plan ahead doesn't fully develop until you are a at least 24 (there is a bigger difference between 18 and 21 than there is between 21 and 28), means nothing to you? Because to me, it seems highly relevant when deciding when people are able to be fully responsible for themselves. You can argue that 18 allows you to be responsible enough. But the legal definition of adult is highly misleading to a lot of people. People don't even look the same at 18 as they do when they are fully grown.
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Historically people had to survive on their own at 18 or younger and the species survived. Not sure why modern people can't be expected to sink or swim and learn to survive in this world by living the hard experience of figuring it out for themselves. Not saying anything about hunting and gathering or some shit, but experience and struggle are great teachers and developers of character. Coddling, not so much.
Not related to smoking age, but just putting it out there.