Will weed ever be legal in Ireland?

Dr Crayfish · 02-01-2018 11:03PM #1

It's legal to get high now in California and other states in USA. Can anyone ever see it happen here? Personally I don't think so, if you look at our drinking laws etc we're actually a very conservative country. I still think there'd be uproar if they were to start talking about it for real. There are still lots of religious nuts here and there is of course Joe Duffy, our moral barometer.
I like to smoke some maybe once every week or two after the pub, and so may people do. I don't particularly care that it's illegal, but I'd be interested to see if others think the laws towards it will ever progress.

tomwaterford · 02-01-2018 11:20PM

The gaurds just seem to turn a blind eye to it from what I see

I've often been in what would be regarded as nicer pubs around waterford city and offered it (dont smoke it myself...just as a personal perference)

21Savage · 02-01-2018 11:24PM

Couldn't give af.

As you were, 21S x

Donald Trump · 02-01-2018 11:26PM

Atlantic Dawn · 02-01-2018 11:26PM

There's too much influence from the pharmaceutical industry for it to ever happen.

Donald Trump · 02-01-2018 11:27PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

There's too much influence from the pharmaceutical industry for it to ever happen.

Don't forget "The Man"

Dr Crayfish · 02-01-2018 11:30PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

There's too much influence from the pharmaceutical industry for it to ever happen.

Surely you’d say that about America if anywhere and they are leading the way?

Capt'n Midnight · 02-01-2018 11:32PM

Will weed ever be legal in Ireland?

Yes it is , in certain circumstances , from last year

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/first-licence-granted-to-treat-pain-with-cannabis-463088.html

Hector Bellend · 02-01-2018 11:32PM

As long as we can pay for legal fanny too.

Donald Trump · 02-01-2018 11:34PM

Hector Bellend wrote: »

As long as we can pay for legal fanny too.

You need to get stoned before putting your bellend to use?

Hector Bellend · 02-01-2018 11:39PM

Donald Trump wrote: »

You need to get stoned before putting your bellend to use?

And my fanny

JupiterKid · 03-01-2018 12:54AM

Yes, I think weed will eventually be legal here, but it will be a long while yet. Ireland is not really a progressive country in any meaningful sense, although we like to pretend that we are.

I expect the biggest opposition to decriminalizing or legalizing cannabis here will come from the all-powerful alcoholic drinks industry.

buried · 03-01-2018 01:01AM

Legalized weed in Ireland. lol That's a good one man. The f**king internet will be made illegal here next once the proposed minimum pricing SCAM doesn't work for the vintner federation. Can't have more free time avenues that don't involve running to the $hithole pub. The sun will be a long time exploded before you see anything like weed being legalized here, unless people vote the right way.

Dr Brown · 03-01-2018 01:02AM

JupiterKid wrote: »

Yes, I think weed will eventually be legal here, but it will be a long while yet. Ireland is not really a progressive country in any meaningful sense, although we like to pretend that we are.

I expect the biggest opposition to decriminalizing or legalizing cannabis here will come from the all-powerful alcoholic drinks industry.

Also the likes Sinn Fein are never going to want to legalise cannabis because they would lose millions in revenue if it ever became legal.

Richard Hillman · 03-01-2018 01:03AM

Too much bitching about mental health for it to happen any time soon. Although it will happen eventually and will be immediately after the UK does it.

freshpopcorn · 03-01-2018 01:12AM

It might be some day but we'd probably have a referendum on it. Lots of people are very wary of weed in my experience. It's not one of these things that everybody does.

buried · 03-01-2018 01:18AM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

It might be some day but we'd probably have a referendum on it. Lots of people are very wary of weed in my experience. It's not one of these things that everybody does.

I don't do horse racing, I'm highly wary of it, I've seen the damage it's gambling culture has done to a few of my friends. But in this country every couple of months that racket is literally rammed down my throat through TV, radio, pubs, newspapers. Where's the backlash and moral outrage for that wary damaging culture heightened to the nines up in this country?

wakka12 · 03-01-2018 01:19AM

Its pretty socially acceptable, do gardai even care about it? If you walk around a park in dublin on a sunny day when loads of people are out sunbathing you'll smell weed everywhere and nobody cares

freshpopcorn · 03-01-2018 01:21AM

buried wrote: »

I don't do horse racing, I'm highly wary of it, I've seen the damage it's gambling culture has done to a few of my friends. But in this country every couple of months that racket is literally rammed down my throat through TV, radio, pubs, newspapers. Where's the backlash and moral outrage for that wary damaging culture heightened to the nines up in this country?

Lots of people would like to see gambling banned because it has ruined lots of lives. Similar to people's views on weed they wouldn't want to legalise things that would bring more hardship on people.

MadYaker · 03-01-2018 01:23AM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

It might be some day but we'd probably have a referendum on it. Lots of people are very wary of weed in my experience. It's not one of these things that everybody does.

Pretty sure it wouldn't require a change to the constitution so no referendum needed. Just a progressive enough government. Humans have been smoking weed for thousands of years and it's only been illegal since the 60s. When it is eventually legal again people will probably think that banning it was pointless and stupid, similar to our views on prohibition in the USA at the start of the 20th century. Banning it just makes criminals rich. Legalise, regulate and tax it is the common sense option like we do with alcohol and a multitude of other drugs some of which are far more harmful.

freshpopcorn · 03-01-2018 01:26AM

Just to note I'm not really anti cannabis and not pushed about it to be honest. I'm just speaking about things in my experience and the view I get off people in my area.

buried · 03-01-2018 01:27AM

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Lots of people would like to see gambling banned because it has ruined lots of lives. Similar to people's views on weed they wouldn't want to legalise things that would bring more hardship on people.

Big difference here though is that by making weed illegal it has created bad strains of uncontrolled and unsanctioned product that has made weed a hardship on people. I like to smoke weed but can't because its illegality here has created bad harsh variants on the product I don't enjoy here,
Gambling is a hardship no matter what its strain, yet gambling and especially horse racing gambling in this country is lauded as some sort of important cultural reference point here through our media. That is completely and totally F**ked.

Oldtree · 03-01-2018 03:47AM

I think it will. Once the californian tax take on it becomes well known, the temptation will be too much, esp with the pressures of garda/judicial/customs/etc funding being needed in other much more serious areas.

One eyed Jack · 03-01-2018 04:01AM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

It's legal to get high now in California and other states in USA. Can anyone ever see it happen here? Personally I don't think so, if you look at our drinking laws etc we're actually a very conservative country. I still think there'd be uproar if they were to start talking about it for real. There are still lots of religious nuts here and there is of course Joe Duffy, our moral barometer.
I like to smoke some maybe once every week or two after the pub, and so may people do. I don't particularly care that it's illegal, but I'd be interested to see if others think the laws towards it will ever progress.

As Captain M pints out, THC is already licenced here under strict conditions for medicinal purposes.

I don't foresee any relaxation in the laws regarding recreational use when the above arguments (and I use that term loosely) you've made for it's decriminalisation are a demonstration as to why it should remain illegal outside of being licenced for medicinal purposes.

OnDraught · 03-01-2018 04:25AM

As soon as it's legal in the UK we'll have it here. Another 5 years I'd imagine.

Fromvert · 03-01-2018 05:39AM

It'll be legal for recreational use in Canada later this year, once a few more countries do the same, Ireland will then follow. Could be 10 years but I'll be optimistic and go with 5 years.

It's very easily purchased in Canada right now online (illegally) and the cops turn a blind eye to it, they're not allowed open mail and Canada Post have a if you vacuum seal it we don't care policy. Buy online, weed or edibles and it'll arrive in a couple of days.

suicide_circus · 03-01-2018 09:14AM

You can't walk round Dublin city centre for an hour without getting that sweet damp odour up your nostrils. Not that I know what it smells like

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RobbingBandit · 03-01-2018 09:25AM

As long as they all smoke it while wearing a hazmat suit stuff stinks worse than gone off meat. If you like it that much keep it all to yourself stinking hipster monsters.

03-01-2018 09:26AM

100 percent it will be made legal. As other posters have pointed out, if the UK legalise it, when the government realizes the amount of revenue it can raise from tax. Now here is the thing, the person who has the cash and the connections to open shops at the get go will be a multi-millionaire over night. You can be guaranteed that there are folk waiting in the side lines for this.

King George VI · 03-01-2018 09:47AM

Hopefully never. I've never met anyone that smoked weed *regularly* that isn't a lazy, unmotivated bastard. And the one's who are devoted to weed are smelly and weed is the only thing they talk about.

suicide_circus · 03-01-2018 09:51AM

King George VI wrote: »

Hopefully never. I've never met anyone that smoked weed *regularly* that isn't a lazy, unmotivated bastard. And the one's who are devoted to weed are smelly and weed is the only thing they talk about.

We can't all be Gordon Gekko your majesty

Will weed ever be legal in Ireland?

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