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Legalising Marijuana

Should marijuana be legalised?

  • Yes

    Votes: 73 64.6%

  • No

    Votes: 40 35.4%
  • Total voters
    113
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nunthewiser said:
However from what i heard down the pub once was that dope smoking is not confined to the no-hopers and lazy ... quite a few "profesionals" and other higher career types have been known to partake in the odd toke from time to time.
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It would be quite wrong to assume that because 'professionals' use drugs that makes it OK and/or said professionals are immune from developing problems from such drug use.

nunthewiser said:
Punctuation and capital letter use maybe a natural thing for you , but for me it is not . I have to work at it.

My spelling and english use in the written context has improved 10 fold since first appearing here at ASF.

I am trying.
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Nun, you can write excellent English with perfect punctuation and grammar when you feel like it. viz your recent posts describing your taxi experiences.
 
derty said:
Out of curiosity, Wysiwyg, moXJO, Tink and Happy. Have you ever smoked dope or spent any time within the drug culture?
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No, never been interested in drugs.

Of course I have met people that do or have - we all have stories to tell about people involved with it all, mostly bad.

One lady I knew that was so bubbly and full of life, completely changed after getting involved with marijuana, to a recluse. So much for an upper

theasxgorilla said:
I believe the psychiatric ward at Maroondah Hospital in Ringwood was created to cope with the rise in drug induced psychosis out where I grew up. This was mostly due to speed and weed. I know too many people who went there.
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Interesting you should mention that hospital. Not sure how long since you left Melbourne, but I got told that the Psychiatric Ward has tripled in size to cater for the growing demand.

I agree that I dont think Australia's culture would cope with legalising drugs.
 
prawn_86 said:
The one thing that concerns me about weed though, is its not possibly to regulate the amount of THC that a user gets, from each 'dose'. That is to say, some plants will be higher (or lower) ever parts of plants will be different. Unlike a pill where you can Xmg of active substance, that is near impossible to measure when it comes to weed.
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In fact, Prawn, it is possible to do exactly just that. Its done with tobacco. It's also done with the medical marijuana (smokable) in California.

FACT: Its also done right here in Australia. Not many people know it, but the evil weed marijuana is available on prescription here in Australia, along with cocaine.

The form of marijuana here is in the form of a liquid that is sprayed under the tongue in a measured dose.

Cocaine is used as a topical anaesthetic by doctors and dentists.

Both are available from your local pharmacist.
 
wayneL said:
There is no scientific reason to keep it illegal when compared to alcohol.
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There seems to be a small portion of the community that develop some form of psychosis or full blown schizophrenia after smoking marijuana. It appears to be a genetic link so it's hard to say they wouldn't go on to develop these problems anyway.

Obviously there are big question marks over this and it needs to be researched further.

I still want to see it legalised - alcohol causes many more social problems and makes the illegality of dope seem silly.
 
Julia said:
Hope you don't hold your breath waiting for it to happen.
It would be political suicide.
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Yes, that's the hypocrisy of the whole subject, allow the greater of two evils, weed and alcohol, to be legal.

Ignore the logic and facts and vote with emotion.

It's emotions that win elections not facts, time and time again.
 
Julia said:
Hope you don't hold your breath waiting for it to happen.
It would be political suicide.
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Julia, if a human being has the birth right to do whatever they wish to themselves then why can`t they take dope? There must be a reason why society has agreed that this particular plant must not be taken freely by whoever wishes so. We have touched on the side effects such as psychological damage and lung disease but what is the one real reason? I can`t think of one apart from the harm it would cause youths trying and habituating. Socially disruptive maybe.
 
Julia said:
Hope you don't hold your breath waiting for it to happen.
It would be political suicide.
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It won't happen for ages, 20 years or more - A generation of voters need to kick the bucket first.

Personally it doesn't bother me much - never liked it and it's not like it's hard to get if I ever needed it for a medical reason. It's more the hypocrisy of those who denounce marijuana then go home and knock off a bottle of red that gets on my nerves.
 
Wysiwyg said:
Julia, if a human being has the birth right to do whatever they wish to themselves then why can`t they take dope? There must be a reason why society has agreed that this particular plant must not be taken freely by whoever wishes so. We have touched on the side effects such as psychological damage and lung disease but what is the one real reason? I can`t think of one apart from the harm it would cause youths trying and habituating. Socially disruptive maybe.
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I wasn't expressing my opinion about the desirability of the drug or otherwise.
Have only tried it once and was totally unimpressed.

All I was saying is that the political reality is that far more of the electorate would be against ever legalising marijuana than would be for it. Therefore, it simply won't happen.

Just consider voluntary euthanasia as a comparison. Over 80% of the population want this to be legislated, but both colours of government refuse to even seriously discuss it because the 'anti' lobby is so vocal and powerful.

I don't know what the figures would be, but I'd very much doubt even 50% of the population would be in favour of adding another psychoactive drug to the already considerable mess made by alcohol and nicotine.
 
OK.

We have had comments from Stoners, Moaners and Groaners.

Its all going roundabout.

Weed is agrowing, as we speak.

The country wakes up, grabs their wheeties and bong, to enter the world of industry, agriculture, business, education, health and politics.

It is time for a vote.

I'm unsure how to organise a vote on an existing thread.

Any mods to help.

"Should marijuana be legalised?"

Yes

No


gg
 
As it’s been a decade or two since I have par-taken in the communal bong.

Should it be legalised! On my personal experience yes, as I had no serious side affects or long term health issues besides only having the retention span of a flea.

Jack
 
Would love to answer this ,but i have forgotten what the question was.
oh yeah,legalising marijuana,what can i say?
umm ?
Hell ,i am feeling pretty foggy this morning, need some motivation,...........
cough cough, that's better,now, where were we?
What was the question again?
Oh yeah ,legalize marijuana.
Damn right we should!
We should not have to put up with the backward hypocritical stance our government takes,too this most important of issues and as soon as i get motivated again i am going to let you all know what i really think about......
What was the question again?
Wish my lungs and throat didn't feel like sandpaper and the wheezing would go away,bloody pollution from city living.
Anyway, everybody have a great day,i'm starting to feel a bit run down this morning, i'm going back to bed.
 
So far it is 10 for and 7 against.

So thats it.

ASF members feel it should be legalised.

a resounding majority.

gg
 
explod said:
Once a person reaches the age consent, and as long as the action in no way harms others, they ought to be able to do what they want, in toto.
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I agree with explod.

Cut some slack to the poor pot smokers and legalise the stuff.
 
Before i vote, one question needs to be answered.

Will it cost more or less through legalisation and will will one be able to score evil high content THC weeds . ? :D
 

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