I'm not a user but I'm a staunch supporter of legalization. So, you can imagine my excitement when an Ontario judge ruled that the marijuana laws are unconstitutional. The federal government made an appeal and they have three months to modify the laws before weed, medical or otherwise, is legalized in the province. Quebec has an even larger percentage of smokers, so I'm sure that if, by some miracle, the feds couldn't make a successful appeal, my province would be first in line to follow Ontario's lead.
I know I shouldn't get my hopes up. The Conservative Party, while still a minority, wants to toughen punishment for small growers, including mandatory minimum sentences. When asked a couple of years ago why he's against legalization, Prime Minister Harper has two basic reasons (that I can recall):
1. To protect children. See, his two kids are reaching the age of experimentation and he wants to keep them safe, which obviously means that he has to prohibit the substance for 30,000,000 other people too. Whenever a politician tries to ban something because of his personal (usually religious) ideals, they will, without fail, claim that it is for the benefit of the children. I'm pretty sure the British and Australian governments used the same excuse when they tried to censor Internet pornography.
2. Legalizing the drug would be like funding criminal organizations. Since the exact opposite is true, I can only conclude that Harrper is pretending to live in a parallel universe where everything is opposite of reality. That would explain why he's trying to turn a predominantly left-wing country into a social conservative utopia.
But despite the fact that he is woefully uninformed, one major part of his election campaign platform is stricter drug laws. What a tool. I'm itching for the May vote, even though he will only end up in charge of a minority government again. The longer we can keep this flaming moron from the reins of total power, the better.
Here's a pot-related article that made me chuckle (the first part, anyway):
Pot Activist Smokes Joint in House of Commons
Legalizing the drug wouldn't be funding criminal organizations; it's the exact opposite. In America, a lot of weed comes from cartels in Mexico. By legalizing it, you would have people grow it in your home country, and keep the money in the country as well, as opposed to getting the Mexican stuff on the streets.
ReplyDeleteProblem, politicians?
I agree it should be legalized.
ReplyDeleteI wish it will be legal in all world one day :)
ReplyDeleteLegalisation makes so much sense, it could be taxed, for one.
ReplyDeleteI hate weed.
ReplyDelete"I hate weed."
ReplyDeleteIrrelevant to the issue of legalisation.
lol havent done weed since high school
ReplyDeleteOne day it might be legal in the USA...one day...might :(
ReplyDeleteI've never even done it... Following and supporting. alphabetalife.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI'm all for the legalization of marijuana. I'm not exactly sure if it will happen, but I remain hopeful for my stoner friends out there.
ReplyDeleteI had a pretty nice 420 and I'm all for the legalization obviously.
ReplyDeletehappy 420 to you too
ReplyDeleteDefinitely not a user, used to be but like you, i support legalization!
ReplyDeleteHAPPY 420! Love this post, I totally took care of my business on this international holiday! :D
ReplyDeleteit should be legalized, there are much worse legal substances out there.
ReplyDeleteAmsterdam has a pretty interesting system.
ReplyDeletePartial legalization but under government regulation works pretty well I think.
Good post. In depth, it should be legalized imo.
ReplyDeleteGO 420! Marine here, so I can't smoke with you, so smoke one for me.
ReplyDeletewell happy 420 :3
ReplyDelete>The Conservative Party, while still a minority, wants to toughen punishment for small growers, including mandatory minimum sentences.
ReplyDeleteSo add more innocent people to jail which in turn would increase debts. Awesome.
>1. To protect children.
So when your kid gets curious about mary jane, rather than going out and buying some regulated weed, they can go to a dark ally and buy some off a dude that would probably kill them if they looked at him wrong. Great parenting!
>2. Legalizing the drug would be like funding criminal organizations.
I actually agree with this. Government is the biggest crime organization out there.
im a fair supported of the legalization of pot, maybe one day they will legalize here in aus
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