Don Brash: "We should decriminalise marijuana"

[avgas]

and our PM is called Right Honourable

[Teflon]

Fuck weed, Krokodil is my new drug of choice.

[Mad-V2]

THAT is a bad trip!
If he had a joint he wouldn't have any pain and might get his appetite back.

[StoneY]

Fresh one - off to the right this time, keep up peoples!

[mashman]

1 guy, 1 garage? All that potential tax $$$ up in smoke

[Usarka]

It would stimulate the economy too. Sales of consumables such as mint choc chip ice cream, doritos, pizza would all go through the roof.

[mashman]

It would stimulate the economy too. Sales of consumables such as mint choc chip ice cream, doritos, pizza would all go through the roof.

add a food tax on top of that lot too and

[scumdog]

It would stimulate the economy too. Sales of consumables such as mint choc chip ice cream, doritos, pizza would all go through the roof.

And the dental industry will boom as a result.

That is if the pot-smokers can remember their appointments...

[StoneY]

And the dental industry will boom as a result.

That is if the pot-smokers can remember their appointments...

Wha...???? Appointment.....mmmmmm????......where?

[oldrider]

OK so the current situation is not working with regard to drugs, surely that is a given.

Why is it not working?

There is so much legislation and there are so many people in so many sectors employed to make it all work, which ones are failing?

I agree with Brash on this but I am so far removed from the drug scene, how would I know? How does anybody else know?

What do people like the Police, who deal with sharp end of the problem think?

Of all the political parties I am most comfortable with http://www.libertarianz.org.nz/policies/drugs/ their position on drugs!

If we had to wait them to become the government and make a change it would probably never eventuate so what are we actually going to do about it?

[mashman]

If we had to wait them to become the government and make a change it would probably never eventuate so what are we actually going to do about it?

Get stoned and think about it for a while... then forget what we were thinking about and whilst lamenting an empty fridge, we'll draw parallels between the empty fridge and the likelihood that it'll fill itself, being about as likely as the neysayers allowing those who like to "smoke" to be allowed to do so without risking their liberty... that and they're both cold and empty.

[StoneY]

All bullshit aside.
Pot makes ya get the munchies..... ergo, I am fat.
The only sin I see in Cannabis is the fact it makes a healthy appetite work overtime........ there is less chance of cancer than cigarettes, and to date I believe the only death in history attributed to Cannabis smoking was uncle Bob.


Just legalize it, harden the penalties on the manufactured narcotics and party pill shit etc.....

Tax from Pot would boost the economy, and anyone thinking otherwise is blind, deaf and retarded.
Look what the levy rises did for ACC it went from profitable to uber fat bloated accounts so full of money Nick the Dick can't use it all so had to give some back to the treasury.

Now imagine the 15-20% of NZ's adult society that indulge either regularly or just once a month on Saturday night.......
Licensed, approved, chemical free and taxable.............
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$
2000 more cops within 2 years to do the REAL work (and I don't mean handing out ACC flyers at rego checks).

Seriously...its 2011 not 1951 with wild wood weed causing massive drops in the legally sanctioned distillery revenue...........