Just heard from my sister my brother in-law has finished work and is off down the park to give the little **** a slap, my only regret is I can't be present! Selling cannabis in a pub or club is one thing but selling/offering to minors is another!Should prohibition end?
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Just heard from my sister my brother in-law has finished work and is off down the park to give the little **** a slap, my only regret is I can't be present! Selling cannabis in a pub or club is one thing but selling/offering to minors is another!
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Too true, it's wrong
Lovely just spoke to my ten year old nephew, some little ****e hawk just offered him cannabis up the the local park.
I think you should go and 'buy' some. Don't forget your baseball bat, lovely weather outside.
It's a human right to use whatever drugs you want so of course they should be legalised.
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I accept the human right argument, but what about the others that have to pick up the pieces when those humans can't control themselves?
I am in full agreement that education has a place to play - but I think we are a million miles away from being ready to legalise things with the way people are so impulsive and compulsive about such things at the moment.
As I said before, we're not a good representation of the population on this forum.
I am in full agreement that education has a place to play - but I think we are a million miles away from being ready to legalise things with the way people are so impulsive and compulsive about such things at the moment.
As I said before, we're not a good representation of the population on this forum.
I often do!
This is just a silly debate to have so didn't really warrant a good reply.
You are so easy to see through, do you know that?
You are so easy to see through, do you know that?
It was intended to be seen through, but you seem to pick up on it better than others!
It's mildly amusing!
Doesn't that already happen, anyway? Picking up the pieces that is..
There is little evidence to show increased consumption upon legalisation afaik anyway, and if anything our society might improve a bit without the criminalization aspect that youthful experimentation can result in.
You do raise a wider issue with that however, and the balance between a right to freedom and protection are going to be difficult to nail down dependent upon my or the next persons views.
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It was intended to be seen through, but you seem to pick up on it better than others!
It's mildly amusing!
No I've seen it recently man, I can tell by the lack of effort
Watch you don't get a reputation for it though
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Whilst true... I really don't see myself as in the minority of weed users who can toke responsibly.
I don't know a single 'stoner' as in the stereotype form who bums around life with no aim, scraping between benefits cheques whilst using them for green and munchies...
The ones I come across are like me... heck... I even met two more at my new(ish) job!
Every one I know (dozens), use it in such a way that it has no negative effect on themselves or those around them (apart, of course, from the inherent downside of smoking any substance)... usually keeping use to weekends / parties / etc.
A good friend just visited me for a 'stoner' weekend... he'd just polished off his final exams, for which he had not touched the stuff for months... it's so addictive! What did we do? We got a big bag of munchies from the local shop, a couple of take outs and watched a bunch of crappy films... it's nice to relax like that once in a while. I'm normally quite active at the weekend and rarely get the chance to just sit and chill like that. It's simple, reasonable recreational use with no impact on the outside world... I know I'm repeating myself... but why am I a criminal for this?!
Why should the minority who can't control themselves have such a profoundly negative effect on those who can?
I may be lucky in that I've only ever met the 'good' ones... but surely I would have at least encountered one of the bad ones... oh wait, they'll be at home on the couch, not causing anyone any bother other than a small drain on the economy, which is abused far more by people who've never touched the drug!
There will always be substance abusers... whether whatever the substance is, is legal or not.
Why not at least give them the opportunity to know the source, know the contents (yeah, even if it's only cut with sugar/flour), know the quality... this simple argument should be enough to make it legal.
... that would lead to more research on the subject of what actually constitutes abuse in the first place...
Sorry for your loss mate, but:
1st post - Drugs kill friend
2nd post - oh but he was drunk too!
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For me personally... I would be happy enough with personal use being decriminalised.
I strongly believe the greater good would be full regluation. Everything should be available to those willing to accept the risks. Information and research is the key. Those too stupid and/or young should be denied access (I know 'too stupid' would never pass as a criterium).
Crimes commited under the influence of a drug or in pursuit of a drug should carry much much harsher penalties.
Smoking and drinking kill copious numbers and yet they're allowed... it's an illogical system and I would rather see both alcohol and smoking banned than the state it is in at the minute.
Prohibition does not work... we have years of proof of this, so we need another solution... I'm open to ideas
Conversely... over-population is a much bigger issue... wiping out a few of the lesser-minded-****wits would really be such a bad thing? Even if that was the case...
We also have a dumbing down of the general population that's getting worse every year. The chuff of society are regularly spawning in excess of 2-3 children per household whereas the intelligent folk are usually only having 1-2 each if any at all!
I strongly believe the greater good would be full regluation. Everything should be available to those willing to accept the risks. Information and research is the key. Those too stupid and/or young should be denied access (I know 'too stupid' would never pass as a criterium).
Crimes commited under the influence of a drug or in pursuit of a drug should carry much much harsher penalties.
Smoking and drinking kill copious numbers and yet they're allowed... it's an illogical system and I would rather see both alcohol and smoking banned than the state it is in at the minute.
Prohibition does not work... we have years of proof of this, so we need another solution... I'm open to ideas
Conversely... over-population is a much bigger issue... wiping out a few of the lesser-minded-****wits would really be such a bad thing? Even if that was the case...
We also have a dumbing down of the general population that's getting worse every year. The chuff of society are regularly spawning in excess of 2-3 children per household whereas the intelligent folk are usually only having 1-2 each if any at all!
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Still another 2 years for me to go then at this rate!
BTW... you actually have a Warschteiner (sp?), or just like 'em?