do you think a teenager would pay 30$ for a beer....when the markup on a consumer good is so high kids will not want to buy it.....the weed market is at equilibrium, people are willing to pay large amount because that is the only way to get it....i believe that if you look at the economics of it high school kids would buy less marijuana because of the enormous price discrimination that would be involved if it were legalized. The penalties should focus on sales not use...if you sell weed to kids then you SHOULD go to jail.