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Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by brodouevencode on Monday January 29, 2024 @01:09PM (#39179834)
Enforceability is a foregone conclusion, and when it comes to things like this it's somewhat expected. The same can be said for pornography, drugs and alcohol and tobacco (remember Joe Camel?), and anything else that would fall under blue-laws.

The goal of this is to bring attention to the fact that it's a problem and should be seen as undesirable, like pornography or Joe Camel. The cancellation of Joe didn't prevent kids from getting cigarettes but it did draw attention to the situation and there has been a marked decline in youth smoking since the late 90s when the mascot was removed. It's correlative, for sure, but the outcomes are undeniable. The same happened with the DARE program and class 1 drugs (except for marijuana iirc).

Re:Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban soc... by 20after4 on Monday January 29, 2024 @01:59PM (#39180743)
Multiple studies have determined that the dare program is entirely or almost entirely ineffective.

Here's just one: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1448384/