Comments on: December 16 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/december-16-roundup/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 12 Jul 2016 18:05:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: nevins https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/december-16-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-37058 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:50:32 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8014#comment-37058 Banning sales of tobacco at Colleges?
A legal product, adults (in the legal sense), and a prohibition against a sale. This seems over the top in protectiveness, and general government busibodyness. I hope that the ACLU and Big Tobacco team up to fight this one. Infringing on the liberties of both sellers and buyers is absurd.

]]> By: Matt https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/december-16-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-37057 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:51:34 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8014#comment-37057 Any chance that Obama’s health care plan would set up medical courts? That 1.4 billion number is astounding (but confirms what we all know, namely, that defensive medicine is widespread and expensive).

]]> By: MF https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/december-16-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-37044 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:08:22 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8014#comment-37044 MF: That’s cuz you went to the smart kids school. Not everyone is so lucky.

True, if by “smart” you mean the only public school in the city, an average, middle class city at that. Oh, and I also rode a school bus every day.

To get back to point, I highly doubt there are very many 21 YO high school students, even at the most disadvantaged schools. If they haven’t graduated before then, they have probably long since dropped out.

]]> By: jkoerner https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/december-16-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-37039 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:06:35 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8014#comment-37039 I think the legal age for tobacco is 18. I knew plenty of high school students that bought cigarettes and smoked.

]]> By: John Burgess https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/december-16-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-36979 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:12:34 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8014#comment-36979 MF: That’s cuz you went to the smart kids school. Not everyone is so lucky.

]]> By: MF https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/december-16-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-36962 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:17:51 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8014#comment-36962 Why would there be a need to ban tobacco sales at high schools? In most places it’s illegal for anyone under 21 to buy. I don’t know of too many 21-year-old high school students.

]]> By: Bill Poser https://www.overlawyered.com/2008/12/december-16-roundup/comment-page-1/#comment-36943 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:55:46 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=8014#comment-36943 I’m doubtful as to the impact of the Boston ban on the sale of tobacco products at colleges. Such a ban might have a significant impact at colleges distant from regular retail outlets, but I can’t think of any college in Boston from a student would have more than a short walk to an off-campus store.

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