Make cannabis a Class A Drug, say Conservative Police Commissioners...
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Indeed! People should be free to mess up their own body and brain but they shouldn’t expect healthy tax payers to take the strain for their eventual medical treatment
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Back in the days when I 'used' it as a teenager it was always a coin toss as to what type of officers you'd get if you where caught.
We never caused trouble, none at all. Always found quite spots in our local park to do it away from the general dog walking public. We got caught maybe 8 or 9 times over 5 years. Half the time the police wouldn't give a damn and just encourage us to move on. There where a few times though when you'd get some absolute jobsworths. There was an officer once who called for 2 cars worth of back up before he'd even spoken to us, bearing in mind he was accompanied by 2 additional officers already to deal with 4 stoned teenagers... Had us up against the wall searching us, calling us little 'see you next tuesdays' and threatened to take us in over night for questioning. We had maybe 2 grams on us... pathetic.
The irony is that we where robbed several times and beaten up quite severely once. Phones and wallets stolen as well as whatever stash we had on us at the time (never more then 2 or 3 grams). One of the lads parents contacted the police about it and when they found out cannabis was involved they completely ceased to care and didn't even pursue it.
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Some local kids were caught having a party in some woods with alcohol. Police just went to the scene, took the drink off them and told them to move. Didn't do anything else or take down names or anything.
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What 'world' did you live in where possessing 2 grams of a mild psychoative substance would result in you being shot?
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It's an odd one. The culture around cannabis on a street level is very broad. For some it's a status drug that you could argue links into a more broad church of criminal activity, but I refuse to believe those 'users' are the majority. The biggest danger I've found from people using it is that they develop an extreme obsession with prog rock and pizzas...
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I think it should be reclassified tbh.
Other than the “tax it” arguments I struggle to see why it should be legalised or tolerated.
Other than the “tax it” arguments I struggle to see why it should be legalised or tolerated.
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Wouldn't that be a benefit to pizza places and makers ?
not sure what prog rock is though.If they taxed it gov would make millions and squillions of monies to waste somewhere else. They do with cigarettes and alcohol, both of which are legal but cause long term damage.
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Wouldn't that be a benefit to pizza places and makers ?
If they taxed it gov would make millions and squilans of monies to waste somewhere else. They do with cigaretts and alcohol, both of which are legal but cause long term damage.
Imbibe and then get some King Crimson on. You'll soon fall down the rabbit
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Imbibe and then get some King Crimson on. You'll soon fall down the rabbit
oh.... progressive rock. I got chu famalam.
Progressive rock is a type of rock music with complicated musical technique and composition. This means that the tempo, time signature, and style can change many times in a single song.
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I didn't really come in here to lay down arguments as to why I think it should be decriminalized (at the very least). But what I will say is that the argument for legalization only really exist because of alcohol and tobacco products.
It makes no sense that comparatively the drug with the lower LD50 rating, significantly less addictive qualities and more tolerable social characteristics in the user should be illegal where the others aren't.
Indeed. God knows where that money goes or what it ends up funding in the long run. The quality control was/is dreadful as well. Too much space for a spiked batch. Then there's the chemical science behind it as well. The spectrum of 'misuse' get's much wider when you don't know what strain you're getting. The argument seems to be 'don't use it then', but that's such a short sighted argument when you consider the demographic of people buying it, namely teenagers who don't give a damn and can most often get it easier then they can alcohol these days.
Education as with all things is the key. Pay experts to study the chemical formulas of specific strains, assess the benefits or drawbacks, categorize them based on how they could treat mental health issues, physical disabilities etc, talk policy on how it might be distributed and sold, then put it to a vote
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Better idea.... Shoot people who drink alcohol, since they cause significantly more disturbance, impact and cost to the country and it's people.
Perhaps we should extend that punishment to idiots who post moronic ideas on forums.... Ya know, the kind of dumbass that says "shoot people who smoke weed".
A completely moronic one, controlled by a stereotypical "Little Hitler" type, clearly.
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I'm sure @SPG has never commited a single offence in his entire life, never broken a speed limit, parking naughtily, entered a supermarket through an exit only door. I've often suspected him of being a bit thick but every time this topic comes up he instantly removes all doubt.
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