legalise medicinal cannabis

[ronrat]

2 plants per person to cultivate. Medical stuff done in say Tasmania for economic stimulus. The Australian Sex Party has had this on its platform for years.

[KenH]

Not sure what to answer, 'lagalised' does this mean to make canabis beer? If it does sure lets try it!

[watt price tully]

Where I work I see too much drug induced psychosis & depression from good ol' cannabis. People smoke it at far too young an age these days. Back in the 60's & 70's people were a lot older when they first smoked dope

Medicinal use as David said is a no brainier.

Recreational should be decriminalized & probably legalised but with some provisos.

I'm basically the same for all so called "Illicit" drugs.

I believe we need to have safe injecting rooms, legalised heroin & control it's use

However I'm still baulking at Methamphetamines. Needs to be decriminalised to get the bikies & black market or who ever out of it's distribution & control.

Above all we need government to spend money on eduction programmes re drug use.

Having said that, let me say this: alcohol is still the worst & causes most damage & costs us as a community gazillions even though it's not illicit.

[think positive]

[1061]

[stui magpie]

For mine it's not as simple as some people seem to want to make it.

The stuff in Cannabis that is supposedly helpful as a medicinal treatment is apparently independent of the active ingredient that gets you high. The medical benefits can be gotten by extracting and ingesting a cannabinoid oil, you don't need to smoke a joint.

Also, with the amount of money being spent on telling people that even a single cigarette does you harm, we now want to legalise smoking a different kind of leaf

For medical purposes, some more research is required into what exactly does provide benefits and what these are, and if it's all above board then by all means legalise it or extract the beneficial active ingredient and make that available.

[David]

^ While it may seem paradoxical, I think at least moving Cannabis into the same category as tobacco�legal, but heavily regulated�is the most sensible thing to do. It may seem like we as a society are moving in opposite directions on these issues, but it could actually be that we're getting close to achieving some consistency.

[What'sinaname]

[stui magpie]

[Wokko]

Tokers I've spoken too are far more terrified of legalization and regulation that they are of the current set up. Pretty much as it is the cops don't give a shit unless you've got a hydro set up or a booby trapped field of the stuff. Your average, even heavy user just goes about their business.

If you get caught with a tobacco plant though, you've got the Federal Police all up in your shit and you're going to jail.

[David]

[HAL]

Who else would need to treat it more like alcohol in that it's acceptable to use in some situations and unacceptable in others ?

[Tannin]

[Wokko]

SECTION 28 ONLY LICENSED PRODUCERS TO PRODUCE TOBACCO LEAF ETC.

28(1)

A person who does not hold a producer licence must not intentionally produce material that is tobacco seed, tobacco plant or tobacco leaf knowing, or being reckless as to whether, the material is tobacco seed, tobacco plant or tobacco leaf.

Penalty:

(a) for tobacco seed or tobacco plant-2 years imprisonment or 500 penalty units; and
(b) for tobacco leaf-2 years imprisonment or the greater of:

(i) 500 penalty units; and
(ii) 5 times the amount of duty, worked out under the regulations, being the duty that would be payable if the tobacco leaf had been manufactured into excisable goods and entered for home consumption on the penalty day.

[stui magpie]

^

Yep. Futterly ucked if you get caught growing Tobacco which is interesting in it's own right if it's all about the tax revenue on Tobacco as it's not illegal to brew your own beer or make your own wine, just to sell it without proper licences.