Why should we legalise weed?

Because it's an infringment on our rights, our freedoms, our liberties.

The people should be given the responsibility to make their own decisions - if they want to partake in an activity that has no victim, and will adversly effect nobody, then they should be allowed to do so.

The last 40 years of anti-drug legislation have failed! When has any other part of government policy ever failed so consistantly, year after year, but still been enforced, more aggresively each year? Despite the government pouring millions, maybe even billions, of pounds of tax payers money into the 'war on drugs', the number of drug users, Cannabis especially, has risen expinentially. It's tiem the government stop wasting our money, and actually consider the alternative.

How would industry suffer as a result of cannabis-inebriation?

To put it simply, it wouldnt. The 'work place' has not suffered from the presence of legally available alcohol in shops, bars, and clubs, with the exception of days taken off sick due to hangovers. Fortunately, Cannabis does not cause hangovers.

How could you 'police' the work-place?

Again, nobody would be required to 'police' the work-place any more than at the moment. Cannabis is illegal, and many employers have taken it upon themselves to make it a part of their employees contract to be subject to random drugs testing. If Cannabis was legal, these drug tests could and would still be used.

How would you police 'drugged in charge of..' type laws? (ie, driving, working heavy machinery, etc, etc)

The same way driving under the influence of alcohol is policed now. Actually, in recent weeks, there has been talk of police being given the power and equipment to test people for driving under the influence of illegal substances, instead of just testing for driving under the influence of alcohol. The method's of testing would not need to change.

What would be considered as 'personal use', and conversely, 'drug dealing'?

Under the current 'laws' (here I am talking about the island of Jersey in the UK - where I live), possession of Cannabis is classed as being found in the possession of small amounts of Cannabis. There is no defining point - somebody with an ounce could still charged with possession of Cannabis, just as somebody with an eighth. It is put upen the discretion of the arresting officer to decide if the Cannabis found on the person was intended for personal use or for supplying. Usually, you will be charged with 'intent to supply...' if you are found with large quantities of Cannabis, or if the amount you have is chopped up - in other words, if you have an ounce that is devided into quarter ounces, or similiar. The same rules could apply, even if Cannabis was made legal.



GHoSToKeR Reviewed by GHoSToKeR on . Legalise Cannabis: The Start... The past couple of days has seen me in an exceptionally wierd mood. I can't quite understand what it is that I'm going through; depression, alienation, loneliness? Whatever. Anyways, I've been doing alot of thinking during this time (of which unabatable wierdness continues to haunt me), and have been trying to arrive at a solution to the age old argument of wether or not Cannabis should be legalised. All of this preamble has a point (eventually lol). So, whilst I continue to ponder Rating: 5