Legalization Of Cannabis:

Chemical Burn

Should cannabis be legalized? I know this has been discussed before, but I would like to revisit the topic and address some of the issued in more detail. If cannabis were legalized:

Advantages:

It would generate an enormous amount of revenue. We would get revenue from the UK as tourists and from the North too. Some people might say that we would then get undesirable tourists, but heck, with our floodgate borders and airports, we have every Tom, Dick and Harry coming in anyway, not to mention the Bulgarian etc. gangs coming in to steal the iPhones and other smart products.

It would regulate the stuff and push the scummy gangs out.

It would reduce the public sector health bill because less people would be admitted from taking a bad dose.

Disadvantages debunked:

People will get addicted: Bollocks. People are addicted to alcohol and cigarettes and they do much more damage. We can't be a Nanny state and ban it outright just because some people are susceptible to addiction. We should have a weed pass system that means you have to attend a doctors appointment or see a garda to get a pass if you are over 18 and ordinarily resident in the country (I know this will debunk the weed tourism thing I just said but this might make things run a bit smoother if there are going to be people getting their knickers in a twist).

Myths Debunked:

Cannabis is addictive: It's not. It's just not. Even if it is, alcohol and tobacco are also addictive and they are perfectly accepted commodities in our country.

Discuss !!

El Guapo!

Again??!!!

james142

Feck off

Mr. CooL ICE

Chemical Burn wrote: »

Should cannabis be legalized?

Not again...

Chemical Burn wrote: »

I know this has been discussed before, but I would like to revisit the topic

Get off the internet. Now.

Spunge

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Gatling

I'm calling ming


Ohhhhh wait he's busy looking for his points

Gatling

Debunked- Cannabis is addictive especially GM grown smoke

The Bishop Basher

Chemical Burn wrote: »

It would reduce the public sector health bill because less people would be admitted from taking a bad dose.

Wha ??

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Legalise everything.............problem solved!

But first, make sure we run it by AH

c_man

Gatling wrote: »

I'm calling ming


Ohhhhh wait he's busy looking for his points

Joints before points, bro.

Lenin Skynard

Yes

I don't think "cannabis tourism" is ever going to come into the equation because Ireland won't do this until some other European countries have done it. Ireland will probably be one of the last. Still I expect it to happen sometime in the next ten to fifteen years but I'm not really bothered because as it stands, we don't have to pay tax on it.

Rabies

Yes

Did we not have an active thread on this yesterday and every day before that too?

TeddyTedson

Why don't scientists just wipe out the plant
Problem solved

Chuck Stone

Yes

BAN CANNABIS threads.

frozenfrozen

Yes

I'm up for banning cannabis related threads... I'd rather an abortion thread because at least I can ignore those without posting

Tombi!

You want my opinion on it?
Anyone who uses the argument "oh but X is illegal and far worse!" has no f**king right arguing anything, ever.

Steve O

Yes

I'm up for banning wannabe/backseat mods.

Seaneh

Yes

Can we have all these ****ing threads relegated to politics or humanities or science or some other ****ing forum please?

Gatling

Seaneh wrote: »

Can we have all these ****ing threads relegated to politics or humanities or science or some other ****ing forum please?

So they can be sensibly debated by educated stoners

shanered

Yes

Could be taxed, and a few quid would be a good thing at this stage, take away Garda/Judges?Court hours wasted on the prosecution of cannabis related incidents, and the reduction of income for organised crime gangs I do see a few positives, plus the odd joint can be enjoyed responsibly I hear!

MadYaker

AH HEYOR LEAVE I OU

Steve O

Yes

Seaneh wrote: »

Can we have all these ****ing threads relegated to politics or humanities or science or some other ****ing forum please?

How about not clicking the ****ing thread? Or perhaps getting off boards once in a ****ing while so you don't have to look at repeat threads?

robman60

Yes

Legalize it, but it's not as clear cut a case as the OP presents.

I disagree with the following points in the OP:
"It would reduce the public sector health bill"
I've never heard of a "bad dose" of weed. While it may reduce use of other, more noxious drugs, it doesn't directly or indirectly reduce potential bad doses of other drugs.

"It's not addictive"
It doesn't create a dependency level or anything, but I can attest to the fact that it causes cravings, even if it's not on a psychological level. It's not a reason to proscribe it, but it's just something that should be considered if we're going to analyse this in a balanced way.


The legalisation that I favour seems a long way away, but I think decriminalisation would be a first step which prevents people from being prosecuted over a largely innocuous plant.

dodderangler

Ffs
People shouldn't be allowed smoke weed and be on this at same time

Smoking weed on Internet = another legalise cannabis thread

Super-Rush

The people have spoken.

Long live the people.