Any pro-marijuana candidates in Galway-west?

Demosthenes

Would love to know if any of the running candidates have a view to share on the regulation/legalisation etc of marijuana...?

LeixlipRed

Ok, I'm all for legalisation of marajuana but let's be honest, there's a million more pertinent issues in this election than that. Bizarre.

ordinarywoman

considering the possible money that can be made i think its an important question to be asking.

LeixlipRed

"And now Richard Boyd Barrett will tell us how we can fill the €19bn budget deficit"...."marajuana Vincent".

"Ah youse are mad"

lmimmfn

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Ok, I'm all for legalisation of marajuana but let's be honest, there's a million more pertinent issues in this election than that. Bizarre.

reminds me of this thread - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056170599

lol,nothing wrong with a bit of optimism i guess haha

ordinarywoman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPuJQaIgJeg

She's no vincent brown mind you....

barrackali

ordinarywoman wrote: »

considering the possible money that can be made i think its an important question to be asking.

I nearly broke down when I heard that nonsense the other night, we are not going to wipe out our enormous debt this way.

Btw i'm all for legalising marajuana for medical reasons only.

ordinarywoman

i highly doubt that it could wipe out the national debt either but....it could make a few million...employ a few people, save money on legal and prison fees...could do wonders for the health system..

are we not grasping at straws anyway??shouldn't anything that might possibly help be assessed rationally??

jvc

Not sure about Galway but this Roscommon South Leitrim candidate has mentioned it before anyway.

ordinarywoman

yea and it appears ming and his radical ways are doing quite well by the look of the boards.ie GE polls

spiralism

I'm for the idea but it will never fly in this country unfortunately

lmimmfn

maybe legalising it will make up for lost revenue on vat from headshops lol

Da_Viper

Looks like Ming is going to do quite well alright, He's a very good speaker too.

If anyone knows where I might be able to pick up a bit of fruit and veg in Galway could they maybe let me know as been difficult this weekend

Demosthenes

I've emailed all Galway-West candidates asking for their views on prohibition and decriminalisation of marijuana.
Will post back here with their replies, if any of them bother...

eagle eye

LeixlipRed wrote: »

Ok, I'm all for legalisation of marajuana but let's be honest, there's a million more pertinent issues in this election than that. Bizarre.

Maybe for you and maybe not for him. You don't get to decide whats important to others.

Demosthenes

For those interested, whether for medical and/or other reasons and think the issue is in fact quite 'pertinent' and not at all 'bizarre', I found this at
http://irishcannabis.blogspot.com/2011/01/general-elections.html

Here's a list of people in the upcoming elections who favor ending prohibition or who favor medical use only.

People: Who favor ending prohibition

Luke 'Ming' Flanagan - Current Mayor of Roscommon and cannabis activist - Independent - Roscommon

Emmet Stagg - Sitting TD - Labour - Kildare North

Joe Higgins - Sitting MEP - Socalist Party - Dublin

Dr.Bill Tormey - Councillor - Fine Gael - Dublin North/West


People: Who support medical use only

Maureen O'Sullivan - TD - Independent - Dublin Central

Dan Boyle - Senator - Green Party - Cork South Central

Martin Ferris - TD - Sinn Fein - Kerry North

Parties:

Socialist Party
Fis Nua

johnmcdnl

The last government banned head shops and how many people seemed to think that it was great...

Think about the Joe Duffy show the day after weed is legalised in Ireland:rolleyes:

Demosthenes

Unlike marijuana, most headshop drugs had very little research done on them and nothing was known about the long-term effects.

Not that something like that would matter to Joe Duffy, he'd make up a few 'facts' about it killing millions of people, then hear from Mary from the stereo-typical Irish backwater town about how it made her go crazy.

Da_Viper

Da_Viper wrote: »

Looks like Ming is going to do quite well alright, He's a very good speaker too.

If anyone knows where I might be able to pick up a bit of fruit and veg in Galway could they maybe let me know as been difficult this weekend

Terryland Fruit and Veg?

mikom

Just a heads up....

The first phase of the Newstalk YouTube digital debate has now ended and we have received more than 1,700 questions and almost 20,000 votes. Now, it is over to the party leaders.
The 10 most popular questions have been sent to the party leaders who will record a short video response to each.
These video responses will be uploaded on the You Tube channel hosting the digital debate on Friday February 18th and the public will have an opportunity to vote on the best answers between then and February 24th.
Below is the list of the Top 10 most popular questions
.......


OTHER ISSUES
Will your party commit to legalising and taxing cannabis for personal use, thereby generating a significant new source of tax revenues, saving Gardai and court resources, and allowing access to those with a medical need?

Prepare for waffle.