Free the weed, dope, cannabis, hooch, Fri 4 Feb, outside Auckland District Courts

[mashman]

Obviously, I have a thing for bikes with two cylinders, yet keep buying stupid faggoty 4 cylinder ones.

Don't be so hard on yourself, at least you throw them away on occasion.

[ducatilover]

Don't be so hard on yourself, at least you throw them away on occasion.

I'm wheelie good at it

[SMOKEU]

Whilst marijuana is illegal high risk categories such as youths and mentally ill people have as much access to marijuana as the next person. So if they can prove harm to these categories only why not legalise it and restrict it's sale to youth, intoxicated/stoned people and mentally ill. Right now, being illegal, a drug dealer wants cash from anyone, child, mentally ill or not. Legalise it and these people of high risk will find it harder to get.

+1 to that. When I was young it was easier to get hold of weeds than alcohol.

[scumdog]

+1 to that. When I was young it was easier to get hold of weeds than alcohol.

No age-limit on grass eh???

[SMOKEU]

No age-limit on grass eh???

The tinnie houses don't check for ID. Or so I've been told.

[Indiana_Jones]

Does anyone else find it funny that on one side people are pushing to decriminalize weed, but on the other some people want to ban cigarettes?

-Indy

[blue rider]

[SMOKEU]

Does anyone else find it funny that on one side people are pushing to decriminalize weed, but on the other some people want to ban cigarettes?

-Indy

Not at all. Tobacco is proven to kill most long term users. It costs the health care system millions of $ to treat people from all the damage tobacco smoke causes. Pot has never been proven to kill people.

In fact you're more likely to die from food poisoning than you are from toking up.

[Indiana_Jones]

I find it very hard to believe it'd cause zero deaths, maybe not from the smoke etc, but from doing stupid shit when stoned

Any how that wasn't my point, I meant people always say "why bother banning pot, people will just grow it, look at the booze prohibition in the states etc"....well the exact same thing would happen with fags...

Edit: I should point it I'm on the fence on this one, but slightly leaning more so to letting the pot smokers have their way. At least it'll cut some money from the gangs if done right.

-Indy

[haydes55]

Does anyone else find it funny that on one side people are pushing to decriminalize weed, but on the other some people want to ban cigarettes?

-Indy

I have actually laughed about that. Thing is though, most smokers don't want to smoke any more (none of my friends nor myself who smoke only marijuana have a smokers cough). In my experience most smokers I have met have said they want to quit. Tobacco has been proven to cause cancers, clog arteries and poison people. The major concern with tobacco is it is smoked publicly alot so people who are non-smokers are getting second hand smoke. Whereas marijuana is usually smoked in a room/car sealed with only other weed smokers present. There is no passing on of the smoke. Except at several concerts I have been at (but that's pretty douche-y).

[haydes55]

Not at all. Tobacco is proven to kill most long term users. It costs the health care system millions of $ to treat people from all the damage tobacco smoke causes. Pot has never been proven to kill people.

In fact you're more likely to die from food poisoning than you are from toking up.

Smokers pay taxes to cover the social cost of their smoking. Any potential marijuana related health concern will be paid for by every tax payer.

[Indiana_Jones]

I have actually laughed about that. Thing is though, most smokers don't want to smoke any more (none of my friends nor myself who smoke only marijuana have a smokers cough). In my experience most smokers I have met have said they want to quit. Tobacco has been proven to cause cancers, clog arteries and poison people. The major concern with tobacco is it is smoked publicly alot so people who are non-smokers are getting second hand smoke. Whereas marijuana is usually smoked in a room/car sealed with only other weed smokers present. There is no passing on of the smoke. Except at several concerts I have been at (but that's pretty douche-y).

As above, I'm not talking about the 'healthiness' of these two pass times. Just trying to enforce it.

-Indy

[Usarka]

I find it very hard to believe it'd cause zero deaths, maybe not from the smoke etc, but from doing stupid shit when stoned

Man forget doing anything gnarly I like can't be even bothered getting off the couch unless there's like some more mint choc chip ice cream in the freezer dude.

[scissorhands]

At least it'll cut some money from the gangs if done right.

-Indy

Eh? CALIFORNIA is ideal for NZ otherwise the gangs will probably sink it. Prices throughout California, Amsterdam and Australia, have remained the same as before.

CANADA specifically British Columbia where every 1/100 houses is a grow op, the prices are low

Spain and Uruguay, et el, are different countries and not worth considering. Papua new guinea is probably cheaper than spuds

Considering all the players, I cant see money going out of it, though that would be good for end consumers pockets. But hey, someone else will take their cash eh?

At least gangs spend the money in NZ

[Usarka]

My philospohy is, and always will be - do what the fuck you like as long as it doesn't hurt someone else.

There is zero studies showing that smoking pot hurts anyone else without other factors being at play. If you argue it's a health cost to the taxpayer then it's probably at most the same level as motorcycle injuries, so by that logic you should stop being a hypocrite and sell the bike. In fact you are way more likely to kill or hurt someone else by riding a bike than by smoking a spliff.