Legalise It!(not escorting...)

[skywalker85]

And why shouldnt it be legalised, alcohol and tobbaco kille more ppl every year than cannabis,
its like this people who smoke weed sit in listen to music,watch dvds, or play games.
thugs out drinking end up raping,knifing ppl stealing cars or burgling houses or worse committing murder.
stats would show that 8 outa 10 of these crimes are people who hav consumed alcohol.

[sterotypicalusername]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwDRBm-qbQI

I used smoke myself but ended up getting paranoid as fuck. Thought I was becoming schizophrenic. Though even with that I'd still say legalise it. I decided to quit and had no trouble quitting as even any drugs counsellor will tell you it's not a physically addictive substance.
Most of the reasons people would use to keep it criminalised are in direct correlation to it being illegal. Gateway drug, drug money funding gangs and violence due to said money all due to where we get the drug. I would say that maybe it should have an older age limit then 18 though.
At the end of the day though the main point is we're all grown adults here and should have the option to smoke or not smoke ourselves if there's no across the board reason to ban it

[warmcome]

peoples point of view changes. in 1971 a train from Belfast was met
in Dublin by the customs, the women on board had purchased products
that could be helpful with family planning, illegal in southern Ireland at that time.

don't get me wrong, drugs are not harmless and all would have addictive properties,
just as the legal drugs do. but they are going on and growing in use, regardless of prohibition-
just with a high harm model.

i note Richard Branson is influencial here, the megastore in Dublin was fined £500
for selling some condoms in 1978.

[Eugen]

I do accept that for society, it is probably less destructive than alcohol.
For an individuals health I would suggest that in moderate amounts alcohol is less harmful.

If up to me I would enforce the current law and make both alcohol and all smoking illegal.
They serve no positive purpose.
Anyone stating any of these thing do have positives, I believe, is deluded.

That said while I believe I would personally be better off not drinking, I do drink.
So its probably better I don't make the laws.

[skywalker85]

I do accept that for society, it is probably less destructive than alcohol.
For an individuals health I would suggest that in moderate amounts alcohol is less harmful.

If up to me I would enforce the current law and make both alcohol and all smoking illegal.
They serve no positive purpose.
Anyone stating any of these thing do have positives, I believe, is deluded.

That said while I believe I would personally be better off not drinking, I do drink.
So its probably better I don't make the laws.

Well i would have to disagree there, cannabis can help MS sufferer's, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/662254.stm ,therefore can be used as a medicine for those, so thers a positive for that.
I watched a programe where a fella had parkinsons, could hardly move. when he took an XTC pill he could move better, was running doing wee tumbles on the floor, another positive.
Man made booze, god made grass who do you trust

With America ment to be very strict on drugs, here's what they prescribe:


Vote Me in when i stand elections in 2020 an il fight to Leaglise Cannabis and Escorting(if it gets made ilegal before then)

[timdog]

The illegal drug trade is only taking money out of the system, and yes a costs/benefits analysis as was used by this institute does support the case for legalisation.

Imagine if Diageo, or Pfizer, or Monsanto, or any other major multi national could get there weight behind the legal production of drugs of all categories that are currently used for "recreation", they would lobby governments for support to create jobs; manufacturing, distribution, customer care; generate massive tax revenues for the national economy, then where would the policy makers attitude shift too?

Equally the gangsters have it in their favour to keep these items illegal, so perhaps that is where the corrupt policy makers ambition lie in these areas with "hard" stances on drug use.

People are free to make their own choices, as many posters here have put forward, and if it results in bad experiences for them, then they can choose not to partake. If heroin were legal would I run to the shop to buy it, no. If hash were legal might I have some in the house and take the opportunity to smoke on occasion yes.

I'm more in support for an awakening to the financial and personnel resources sunk into the fight against the drug trade, and using those resources to form a new approach to the problems that occur from over use of substances. And let's not be naive, the over use of substance, whether, "legal", ie alcohol or "illegal", ie hash, can have serious impacts on the lives of the people around you. If more people are aware that moderation and how to "spot" signs of trouble, than perhaps it would lessen the burden that these programs for the fight against illegal substances take away from the resources of many nations.

In the meantime, I will do what I can to see that the next generation is aware of the dangers and joys of many substances, ideally allow for communication to be open. If they were legal at least the knowledge that when my kid goes out to smoke weed, or pop some pills, they will be purchased in a regulated environment, and the money is ideally not going to fund a gangsters lifestyle, but in an idealistic social theory, is going to potentially assist those who have had difficulty with excess consumption or education to on how to prevent it happening.

[anitasizzle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwDRBm-qbQI

I used smoke myself but ended up getting paranoid as fuck. Thought I was becoming schizophrenic. Though even with that I'd still say legalise it. I decided to quit and had no trouble quitting as even any drugs counsellor will tell you it's not a physically addictive substance.
Most of the reasons people would use to keep it criminalised are in direct correlation to it being illegal. Gateway drug, drug money funding gangs and violence due to said money all due to where we get the drug. I would say that maybe it should have an older age limit then 18 though.
At the end of the day though the main point is we're all grown adults here and should have the option to smoke or not smoke ourselves if there's no across the board reason to ban it

Paranoid is how I feel when I smoke, and so I don't really smoke; through the years I've tried, but up until a couple of years ago paranoia was my high:mad, so I can truthfully take it or leave it, but still see no wrong in legalizing it.

[Lucy Chambers]

Paranoid is how I feel when I smoke, and so I don't really smoke; through the years I've tried, but up until a couple of years ago paranoia was my high:mad, so I can truthfully take it or leave it, but still see no wrong in legalizing it.

Oh bugger. Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water.....


Hiiiiii Anita

[anitasizzle]

Oh bugger. Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water.....


Hiiiiii Anita

It's all good as I've taken to drinking copious amounts of the natural herb Agrimony, which relieves tension among other things-this shit is off the gridlock Whie some people spend all day drinking Gin and Tonic, Rum and Coke, and Ice tea, Anita drinks AGRIMONY. Unfortunately, the best supplier I found, so far is in Dublin

[Lucy Chambers]

It's all good as I've taken to drinking copious amounts of the natural herb Agrimony, which relieves tension among other things-this shit is off the gridlock Whie some people spend all day drinking Gin and Tonic, Rum and Coke, and Ice tea, Anita drinks AGRIMONY. Unfortunately, the best supplier I found, so far is in Dublin

Ah, I just knew you were looking for a good excuse to come back to Dublin