The US, Canada, Netherlands, don’t know where else.
And also about a million tonnes of illegal cannabis into neighboring states where it wasn’t legal, as you know, supply and demand, funding drugs lords there.
And that’s within one nation, with one harmless drug.
Imagine that at a global scale with not so harmless and very addictive drugs
Like alcohol you mean?
Did you read the article above… it’s not all rainbows and lollipops. It’s causing huge problems…
subscription pills cause as much if not more harm in the States but it’s brushed under the carpet and not discussed, becuase it’s legal and taxable
Now you’re getting to the nub of it. What’s the point of it being legal in one place and not legal in another when it is widely available everywhere anyway? What’s gained by criminalisation elsewhere? We’ve seen prohibition has failed utterly.
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yeah there’s no more issues with alcohol addiction since it became legal… wow
You should move to Saudi mate. You’d fit in better.
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you think they’ll be able to legislate it globally without loopholes and without widespread destruction in poor areas where people’s only income is from these drug farms… you think South America will just watch it happen.
you’re a very odd chap who doesn’t like being challenged. Calm down mate. It’s only a chat
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South America is desperate for legalisation. All the mainstream Mexican politicians say that American prohibition has destroyed their country.
Yup. America has an opioid crisis.
I believe cannabis being legal creates fewer problems than it being illegal. The numbers of poor people in jail in the US for possession of cannabis in small amounts is staggering and it’s utterly pointless.
By legalising you control the quality of the substance, you take revenue away from horrible people, you gain a massive amount of revenue to the state, you lift hundreds out thousands of people out of contact with the criminal justice system (the benefit of this can’t be overstated), and you bring any problems created into the light where they can be treated and addressed more effectively than when the drug is illicit.
I absolutely believe the same for MDMA. Probably cocaine too, on balance.
yeah I was reacting to you being a knob and you continued to be a knob… Have an angry day mate. Later
South America would benefit massively from an entirely new legitimate industry.
I don’t think he was being a knob, perhaps you picked him up wrong. Chill out pal.
With all due respect, it’s none of your business, pal.
cannabis is a no brainer.
Invest in mindfullness and meditation in all primary schools and secondary schools - make it a subject even right the way up and within a generation or two you’ll have a much grounded society who wont need to reach for substances to relieve their pain.
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A boutique heroin bar on the main street in Patrickswell would be amazing.
Did the lads who were big into cocaine back in the Celtic Tiger just give it up when the Recession came or what was the story?
Hard to see how the young lads mad into now will just grow out of it?
Improve life for people in poor economic situations, improve education, improve chances and job opportunities.
Fuck that we’ll just make drugs legal and make the pharmaceuticals even richer