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Yo what up. 4*20
legalize marijuana.
Legalize weed, its safer than precription drugs and there are 0 deaths from it. I bieleve that the Australian Government will not legalize it due to it is growable....and the greedy politicians cant stand not having money but you all love spending it on thousands of dollars worth of food. You can still create a law on growing it (you all can make up some crap reason like why weed is illegal now) and sell it to shops and tax it...very simple way to boost number of jobs in Australia and the ever growing wealth of the government!
LEGALIZE WEED!
I agree with the above
3 comments? this post will be useless for my cause. seriously you guys, I'm 17 and I have my head screwed on better than of those who are in charge of our country, on this matter may I specify... do yourselves a favour and stop apearing foolish. legalize maraijuna!
- Jess Chapman
If God wanted to make weed we should be able to smoke it like tobacco?
booz is worse for you then weed so i don't under the crap saying it's gonna wreck your life. it's not like it's freakin hard drugs such as lsd, e, ice etc....
Yeh man Drugs Yeh
Is there any real effort out there that is trying to get marijuana legalized in Australia?
legalize marijuana in australia! its great for numbing phsical and emotion pain and also helping those with insomnia like myself. its a natural plant that has been around for a VERY long time so why not make alchohol ileagal which causes more damge and make marijuana leagall!!!!!!!
legalize hemp (marijuana plant).. hemp makes better and long lasting paper and only takes months t grow when trees take years, hemp makes more durable clothes than cotton, eating hemp seeds is very healthy!, smoking marijuana is very healthy also!there are many more great environmentally safe things that can come from this plant the only reasonable reason they are keeping it illegal is because alot of people will lose their jobs such as logging companies, i suggest that the government legalizes marijuana and pays off the people who lose their jobs
Just blogging about marijuana isn't going to get it legalized. We need to fucking figure something out.
It's not much, but I've put this up as a "goal" on 43Things.com: http://www.43things.com/things/view/3098763/get-marijuana-legalalized-in-australia
Join up. The more people we get on it the better. Stoners have a habit of being fucking lazy. No one wants to be the fucking representative for us. There's too much fucking misinformation about Marijuana.
You know that "Movember" thing? Maybe we could do something similar, only more aggressively.
america has done it and we should do it here in australia... very soon
To the people against people taking drugs above me, what business is it of yours what I put in my body aslong as I don't harm, injure or kill another human being.
I know this ain't a popular opinion, but I've taking drugs... And I had a really good time. SORRY, didn't beat, rob or kill anybody, didn't lose my job, I'm still sane and my life is in order. So take you propaganda elsewhere, because I've been there and it's all bullshit.
How about you do some research on marijuana, because it's probably the safest drug to take. BTW legalizing it would take it off the streets.
Majority of my comment was qoutes from Bill Hicks R.I.P
sure cannabis might be harmful but so is alcohol and they made that legal and it has recked more families and peoples lives than any other drug and thats a fact. Australia's leading causes of death are 1. Alcohol 2. tobacco. But not a single death from cannabis ever any where in the world ever!!! just like if you grow a tobacco plant in your garden its illegal but if you go pay the government there taxes you can buy their tobacco and chemicals. Cannabis is by far more safe for you than alcohol or cigarettes but society is happy to drink and smoke themselves to death on that disgusting sh_t. To all those people that are against it - WAKE UP TO YOURSELVES YOU CONSERVATIVE ASSHOLES.
Its about a small community of people(gov) that think they know whats best for everyone even when they know the people dont agree. You polies smoke the shit then vote to keep it illegal you f--king scum.
Legalize it in Australia, it will help the money problem!!! LETS GET THIS TO THE PUBLIC!
i think people will smoke week if its legal or not,it should be up to the individual to decide, just like alcohol which dose worse in my opinion. there is definitely a market for it.And in my thoughts there would be a lot of jobs and new industry everywhere .I believe with education and agriculture we could keep australia prosperous and everyone employed ,And if anyone important ever reads this imagine how much the goverment could make?? i reckon with home grown a few out the back ,you should be licensed say $50 a year . and hell imagine how much you could tax the sale of it over the counter and the company's involved in its manufacture and distribution ... endless supply of money just there MR politician .....think
LEGALISE IT... NO ONE IN AUSTRALIA IS FIGHTING TO LEGALISE WEED. I smoke fairly regularly, and im passing uni and getting places in my life. Weed doesn't fuck you up, i feel worse after a night of drinking alcohol than i do after a smoke... fucking legalise it you government pigs
Prohibition ruins far more lives than any drug can!!!
Umm There is so people fighting hard for the legalization of marijuana and they are the Help End Marijuana Prohibition(HEMP) party if you would like to become a member of the party go to our website hemp party australia. Or contact Nimbin Hemp embassy.
I'm 16 and i've grown up with parents who smoke it, it doesnt have any effect on me. im a mostly straght A student(with some exceptions) and i sit out in the shed with my dad while he does it, it doesnt make me want to do it anymore than smoking or drinking(smoking nah, drinking socially). i can understand why people do it, mostly for; dealing with pain, a chance to relax or general recriational use. im doing an oral presentaion on the legalization of marijuana for english and i'm all for it. It shows alot more for Australia as a whole to gain and for certain individuals to gain, mostly anyone wanting to farm the substance or factory's willing to produce such thigs as rope, fabrics or bio-chemical fules. yes it can have harms but only if people abuse it and if they do they deserve the consiquences. all in all it would greatly benifit the country.
I agree with this whole forum, we need some other great aussies just like yourself to end the madness. I am trying very hard at school and i will get into politics and we will end this rubbish. Legalize Marijuana!!!
legalize marijuana, nothing rong with it doesnt hurt anyone,government would make alot a money (OUT OF IT )
LEGALIZE IT! WHERE CAN I GET IT!
yo sup guys count me on board.
through personal experience, anyone who has used marijuana will tell you how much less damaging it is than alcohol and tobacco, even the largest UK Medical Journal did drug rankings confirming this.
Cant OD on it.
Doesn't make you aggressive or a danger.
I certainly dont condone driving stoned, but at-least stoners wont speed!
Possibilities of medical benefits, as well as hemp plant usage.
Wont waste money on keeping marijuana related criminal offenses in jails etc...
Will reduce amount of late night alcohol fueled violence, as some of these tools will be at home gettin blazed with a few mates instead of kicking some poor guys head in while hes pissed and thinking he's king dick.
Fight for the cause. I've already prerolled some spliffs for after my exams :P
ANYONE THAT THINKS AND SAYS MARIJUANA IS A DRUG, THAN YOU MUST BE ON DRUGS BECAUSE WEED IS NOT A DRUG AT ALL, IT A HERB, A PLANT, IT GROWS NATURALLY ON OUR PLANET, ALL THOSE POLITICIANS AND GOVERNMENTS ARE JUST TELLING YOU THAT ITS A DRUG AND TO STAY AWAY FROM IT, AND THATS PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE THAN AVERAGE EVERYDAY PEOPLE LIKE ME AND THE REST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WILL IM SURE AGREE WITH WHAT IM SAYING. LEGALIZE MARIJUANA IN AUSTRALIA AND STOP HAVING A BAD IMPRESSION ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL PLANT.
If weed is a bad drug and it grows on plants and paracetamol is a chemical made in a lab by pharmaceutical company whose only interest is having the largest profit margin possible then how bad is that. Im sick to death of people looking down on me cause i smoke the finest. Ive heard about many people getting pissed and hitting there wife. Ive never seen someone have a smoke and go start a fight if you want to clean the streets get rid of the boose. I quit cigarettes by replaceing it with green and cutting out the tobacco slowly. The only reason people say that weed is the gate way drug is you have to meet dodgy people to smoke it. There are lots of good dealers but the ones that make the money sell the addictive stuff and ice, heron, pills if you think smoking green compares to any of these things its time to get a cat scan or maybe consider doing some research before you open your mouth. More people die each year from taking an aspirin no one dies from green and most people you think it messed up shouldn't have smoked ice and been embarrassed by what everyone else things and blamed green take some respectability weed dose not affect the receptors in your brain that trigger addiction it can be habit forming but so is surfing and that just keeps me fit. If your worried about addiction then its time to put your cup of coffee down and see how long before the headaches. The only reason weed is still illegal is because nobody is capable of thinking for themselves i mean just go look up all the side effects of alcohol and compare them to hooch its obvious which is the worse. My only hope is that one day all of my fellow stoners will stand up for there right to be free and do as the please without harming others. Just so you all know the people who want weed illegal the most is the criminal underworld that makes billions every year selling it to decent people and using the money to make our life worse. It is obvious from the alcohol prohibition that this dose not work how about we stop funding the crooks and and give the government some make money to waste on there drug war rather then educating the future generations of the real dangers of drugs because schools teach that all drugs are the same that's why so many young people smoke ice they try green and realize that its not to bad then there dealer gives them some ice to try and there hooked. So to everyone that hates green your just telling your kids to smoke ice!!!!!!!!
Genesis,chapter 1, verse 29
"Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours."
It astounds me that alcohol is legal and marijuana isn't. Why are we still putting our trust in a MAN MADE product that for hundreds of years has proved time and time again to be bad for us!?!? People state how horrible green is, but wouldn't you rather trust something natural and which through out history has shown just how beneficial it can be. Yet for some unknown reason it is still classified as a dangerous drug with no medical use! wtf!!!
Back in the 1600's marjiauna was considered such a useful crop that farmers began cultivating it. In one American state, farmers were actually fined for NOT growing hemp.
One website i found says
"They demonised the herb by associating it with the decadent world of black jazz musicians who hoped to corrupt and deflower young, white women. The hysteria generated can be seen in the words of Harry Anslinger, head of the US Bureau of Narcotics 1930-62:
“How many murders, suicides, robberies, criminal assaults, holdups, burglaries and deeds of maniacal insanity it causes each year, especially among the young, can only be conjectured… No one knows, when he places a marijuana cigarette to his lips, whether he will become a joyous reveller in a musical heaven, a mad insensate, a calm philosopher, or a murderer…”
It sounds more like the effects of alcohol to me! As if anyone would get stonned to rob a bank. Waaaaaaay to much effort when you feel so relaxed. They would probably forget to take the money! lol. And i have NEVER seen anyone have a cone or joint and then feel like hitting someone or starting a fight. In fact I'd say it has the opposite effect, it makes you get over what ever you were pissed off about. Or at least for me anyway.
It frustrates me so much that green is called the gateway drug... i call bullshit! I don't know a single person whose first experience with drugs wasn't with alcohol.
For all the parents out there that think you are helping your child by not allowing them to smoke, I ask you, how many kids loose their virginity or hurt themselves or fight with friends after getting pissed and doing something they regret. Green doesn't make you loose your inibitions and do silly things.
If you asked people what the stupidest thing they have ever done is, they would more than likely tell you a story which starts with "One time when i was heaps pissed I...."
Green became illegal in America by the 1920's (funny how the thousands of years humans were around before this we seen nothing wrong with it). This was caused by moral panic, created by the Government (Same reason opium became illegal.). America and Britain pressured other countries to make it illegal as well. In fact today a country must state that marijuana is illegal for it to belong to the World Health Organization and to recieve any kind of aid from them.
If this were untrue how else do you explain why countries all over the world outlawed a plant which had both social and religious roots and has many medicinal properties.
All the information I have seen that says marjiuana is bad for you, says that HEAVY USE over a long time is when it starts getting bad. Heavy use of chocolate cake over a long time will make you fat. Heavy use of bloody anything is bad for you. It's all about moderation!
to all the people that think they have the right to tell me what I can and cant do..... get a life I don't force anyone to smoke pot so don't force us to stop smoking, its my choice and I will smoke till I die, who wants to live forever anyway. what a waste of tax payers dollars sending us stoner's to prison. WAKE UP.
i am a mother, me and my family live a very comfortable life successfull and happy. We have done all this WHILE smoking marijuana every day. I don't believe we are a rare exception from the stereotype as i know plenty of others like us. I do not see how alcohol can be justified as legal and marijuana cannot, call me irresponsible but i would much rather me and my family take this illegal route than some who drink everyday. I used to work in bars and i saw daily it have negative effects on drinkers, and worse, the people around them suffered. My partner is well respected where we live, the police know and like him dispite the fact they have confiscated parifinalia from us countless times. They have also reassured us that the most trouble we will ever get in from this is a fine. If this is the message the law enforcers are sending, then what is the point in keeping this PLANT illegal?! The government may aswell go ahead and start filling their greedy pockets with the taxes they could be raking in from legal sales of mj.And there would be plenty, as from my point of view, they majority of people are smoking it anyway. Besides, who ever died from it for goodness sake? The closest i have come is a giggling fit! Now look at deaths figures from smoking and drinking...
lol at the capslock guy. It is true, weed isnt a drug... but THC is. which is what is in weed... much like beer isnt a drug... but the alcohol in it is.
I do think it should be legalised though. its not going to increase/decrease the amount of people that are already taking it. its just going to stop people from being criminalized from it
Btw... just realised its 4/20 today. YEWWWWW
just one question how will legalizing marjuanna affect the road death toll? what if people smoked before they went to a construction job? how good would peoples mental awarness be after smoking?
LOOK AT AMSTERDAM....... YOU HAVE TO BE 21, ONLY BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND AT CAFE'S SO WHY NOT HERE FOR FUCK SAKES....... L-E-G-A-L-I-Z-E----M-A-R-I-J-U-A-N-A
After smoking Kronic, I saw how busy the stores that sold it where & that was their main income. I saw sex shops selling more Kronic then the porn & stuff they have.
I even paid more for Kronic cause it was legal at the time & so did other people. 1 gram of WEED = $20-25 / 1 gram of Kronic = $30-50 & it was selling. People don’t want to break the law but are forced to cause the government is being a hypocrit as Alcohol & ciggie’s are drug’s also if not worse.
Now Kronic is illegal, back to the real thing, BUT, if the government legalized Marijuana then imagine the profit it would make.
In my opinion, if marijuana is illegal then alcohol should be more so as it is the cause of violence, deaths, & other health problems. Cigarettes also. Alcohol & smokes are legal but are worse then WEED. Isn’t that hypocritical?
Why can’t we make our own mind on what we put in our body?
I have never heard of anyone dying from WEED. When stoned you can at least talk (without slurring your words, walk in a straight line & be mellow not irate).
So the government’s message is, it’s ok to drink, beat people up, act like a dick & end up in hospital from drinking too much.
Funny, for as long as I have been smoking WEED I noticed one thing, you can smoke to your hearts content & never get stoned more. Once your stoned, your stoned on that one level. When you drink you feel good but continue to drink & you could end up in hospital getting your stomach pumped or worse + you don’t remember the next day.
Honestly, I rather work with someone that smoked an ounce of WEED the night before then to work with someone who is hung over. The alcohol might be out of the system but leaves you feeling like shit, where as I have never had a bad effect the next day nor do I know anyone who has but they claim that you are still under the influence cause it’s in your system still.
Marijuana was around for a long time, still is around & always will be, so why not MAKE A CHANGE & legalize it.
Why does Australia have to follow the rest of the world? Let’s be REAL Aussies & go it alone. Be different & try, see how it goes. Alcohol seam’s to be going well, WEED would go even better.
Conclusion: Legalize Marijuana or make alcohol & smoke’s illegal also. Double standards? Hypocritical?
All are DRUG’S in the end, why fight it.
Government will never win the fight against drug’s so we need to try another approach & preferably legalize, tax & control the substance. Example-Methadone clinics, how does that work. I saw car’s pulling up, people going in, having their shot & jumping straight in the car to drive? Is that legal? Where are the Police to control this?
Either way, WEED is here to stay, so the best thing the government can do is legalize it & control it.
other wise it just means that alot of POT smoker’s end up with a criminal record or end up in jail where they will become even more of a threat to society when they come out.
C’mon OZ “MAKE A CHANGE”!
Just take a look at the streets of sydney on a friday or saturday night,violence, vandalisim of property self degradation,car crashes,rape and even the occational vomit,not caused by drugs but alcohol it seems that our conservative government would prefer to demonize weed than face the realitys of scocial unrest that alcohol causes, not to mention that alcohol also plays a huge part in our domestic violence problems. i find it sad that our society would prefer to sit on the alcohol band wagon and accept the problems that come with it, whilst bemoaning the evils of weed. Is it not time we as a suposedly free peoples were allowed to make a choice in what poison we conssume, after all i can go and kill my self drinking or eating copious amounts of fatt infussed junk food,i can smoke tobacco till my lungs give up, but if i dare eat that hash cookie i will be hauled befor the courts and prosecuted as a criminal, what a strange land we live in
There is so much shit out there on the web about it. Its just ridiculous, the government could make so much money taxing marijuana, this could reduce taxes, open new job opportunities, reduce "underground" crime, help patients with pain,sleep and eating disorders, reduce political tension, put a dent in the drug trade, stop shitty cuts of weed, we would be planting more plants so its good for the environment,no-one has ever died from it honestly the list goes on. Tell me one good reason why not?
Its never killed anyone in 5000 years ,funny you cant say that about alchol or tobacco !
i am a butcher am studying cert 3 in engineering and fab trade Iam smart articulate AND HAVE BEEN SMOKEING WEED FOR 6 YEARS I AM NOT CRAZY BRAIN DEAD OR VIOLENT I EARN MORE THAN MOST GOVERNMENT SERVANTS BUT THEY HAVE THE POWER TO SAY THAT WEED IS ILLEGAL SMELLS LIKE MY COUNTRY IS TURNING INTO A COMMUNIST COUNTRY AND I GUESS IF THESE PEOPLE THINK MANY OF HUNDREDS OF 1000S OF AUSTRALIANS ARE JUST GONNA STAND BY AND COP IT FOR LONG THAN THINK AGAIN ITS NOT JUST BOUGHT WEED ITS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS
Australia's laws have just got tougher on Cannabis, i have to say that laws in Australia really need to be re-written. The legalisation of cannabis would stop it from being a "gateway drug", it would put drug dealers out of business. They say that we shouldnt be able to choose weather we smoke it or not? Its time we start fighting for our rights to do what we have been doing for thousands of years.
-Kyle Williamson
The LDP (complete legalization) and the australian sex party (decriminalization) are both good options for people who want to make a difference next time they vote.
The Union: The Business Behind Getting High. WATCH IT.
Thanks for all the comments guys some great stuff in there I did enjoy reading all your comments. Thanks for the support and remember change requires numbers register for The Australian HEMP party I have I was even checked by the electoral commission to confirm my membership this was 3 years ago I am still registered and have had no police harassment regarding cannabis at all. So sign up at http://australianhempparty.com/
Governments spew coz it can be home grown and not taxed. So they make stupid laws to make criminals out of innocent people who use a plant created by God!
If God didn't want us to smoke Marijuana, why did he place it on earth? i mean seriously it's just a plant why can't we be like Amsterdam it's legal there other places use it for medical reasons.. has Marijuana hurt anyone?...
my comment here today is to tell you i agree with every little bit in this thread pro's and con's about legalizing weed
PROS:
it will be legal
it will be available whenever
it will create more jobs growers / budtenders / trimmers / cultervationist , horticultorist , electricians for lighting scientist for more medical research ,
you will most likely be able to grow your own but most likely the 2 plant limit
CONS: now we are what paying $20 - $25 bux for a 1.4 gram stick (eg) i get mine at 1.8 but still thats 20 bux yes if they legalize it i bet we will be paying 25 to 40 bux on tax's blah blah blah yes people will buy it to do it the legal way so theres no prosecution but your paying nearly a 50 for a stick roughted
people who deal will lose buisness but thats not the point the point is if you get caught under legalization your risking instant jail term for fraud silly yes but you will to be frauding the government by growing and selling with out a cultivation licence and is really hefty in fines or a jail term
now i no there are teenagers that smoke weed we all did but unfortunatly kidlets you will have to be 21+ to get marijuana yeah thats right 21
Now im telling you all now Nimbin mardigrass IS NOT A POT FESTIVAL it is in its way but it is actually a MARCH to stand up to the government and to tell them to legalize weed so EVERYONE ATTEND "MARIGRASS" where you will meet our famouse aussie KOG :)
and i saw that some said LSD is a Hard drug i will reinform you i dont take it but no its not a hard drug its not even addictive i have been doing reasearch on every drug known to man to get a understanding on what drugs are worse then what and yes MARIJUANA is the safest drug with 0 overdoses in its whole 6500 years or so more in exsistence
the 2nd most non leathal drug is hash hashsish (cannabin-oil) and such 3rd most non leathal drug is LSD with the adverage street blotter having a .25 ug (microgram) this is a hard amount to od on the od amount for LSD is 12000 (ug) which is like 1200 tabs so good luck with that ok now where getting in the danger zone Suprise Heroin is the most cleanest hard drug to be smoked or injected with chnces of od'ing is a risk with most hard drugs people have managed to inject 1000 dollar rocks dailey and still live the 5th cleanest hard drug is E 'ecstasy' take to little water dehydrate and passout have to much water pretty much the same but with out dehydration lol 6th most deadlyest drug is speed very dirty drug can be made very easyly with the shake and bake method if your dumb enough to blow your self up for 12 grams of speed go for it the absolute most dangerouse and dirtyiest drug ever is of course Crystal meth (ice) as we know it all i can say is yuk yuk yuk if you can stick that shit in you your a fuck wit DONT DO METH IT WILL HOOK YOU IN ONE GO IF IT IS PURE ENOUGH by realeasing a chem in your brain called dopamine which is like happiness but meth over whelms your dopamine chem and releasees so much of it you brain is hooked to meth
still safe drugs are also mushrooms if you eat the right ones
Its amazing The majority of people who have smoked marijuanna later on in life seem to not depend on it as much as kids do when introduced to it at an earlier age. So why not legalize it? We aka people who have smoked it know the strengths of this plant and we all know that it should be legalized and add alcohol and tobacco type laws to marijuanna as a plant and your set. But the government just wont listen.Legalize it and you wont get so many people getting freaked out on it http://clear-uk.org/the-importance-of-matured-cannabis/. Proper information can make the whole difference when it comes to any drug and i know that using a vaporizer or eating marijuanna laced cookies is better for me then smoking joints or using a bong but with laws as they are what is a person using a vaporiser for? tobacco? not likely so i am not going to buy one.Its sad really where if the government just legallised the plant for recreational purposes would open it up for medicinal usage as well plus you cant regulate illegal drugs even cannabis i dont like buying from a person in the street and where i am i know all the dealers but still someone gets a bit of a f***ng rumor about you and then buying cannabis gets REAL IFFY!!! So as soon as the government legallizes cannabis the quicker people giving it to kids or other crap that would be illegal can be stopped. Getting the police to help you find out who ripped your plants. ONE DAY IT WILL HAPPEN BUT WE NEED TO STAND TOGETHER IN ONE VOICE AND WE NEED TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE ACROSS THE NATION BEFORE THE NEXT FLOOD OR NEEDY COUNTRY NEEDS BAILING OUT AND THEN THE POLITITIONSINTERESTS GO FROM LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS TO IGNORING US AGAIN!!!!! We need a national organisation to start and push 60% of the country to say yes in a vote or move to a better country like en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal and i quote "Portugal has arguably the most liberal laws concerning possession of illicit drugs in the Western world. In 2001 Portugal decriminalized possession of effectively all drugs that are still illegal in other developed nations including, but not limited to, marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and LSD. While possession is legal, trafficking and possession of more than "10 days worth of personal use" are still punishable by jail time and fines. People caught with small amounts of any drug are given the choice to go to a rehab facility, and may refuse treatment without consequences. Despite criticism from other European nations, who stated Portugal's drug consumption would tremendously increase, overall drug use rose only slightly, whilst use among teenagers dropped, along with the number of HIV infection cases, which had dropped 50% by 2009"
Our country could learn if the politicians wernt close minded :-(
Okay , we all know the pro's and few con's.. so won't go there. My latest concern ( personally) is I have just had a son in Germany.. If I get caught with a personal amount ( more than 10 g in WA) will it affect me visitations overseas.... I've also spent 2 years in Canada and they have a dedicated day through out that country where TENS of thousands peacefully rally. April 20th - 4 20 . In Vancouver thousands attend the rally point outside the museum, marquees signs joints cookies ganja fairies and peacefully protest ( A very noticeable odour and smoke signal was sent throughout the city).. the police actually blocked off some main roads for us Because so many turned up we were spilling onto the streets... So if we really want to stand up for our rights every city and major town should unite ... 20th april 2012 !!!!!
FUCKIN MAKE WEED LEGAL ALREADY!
I smoked it when I was young. I gave it up in my early 20's. Now in my mid 40's with bad health and living each day in terrible pain I can't see what gives the government the right to tell me I should be taking hard medication which make me sick and then knock me out when I can take something God created to help with the pain and make me happy and laugh again!
9 yrs of pain, depression and suicidal thoughts could have been eleviated if I would have started smoking weed earlier. Now, I'm considered a criminal (if I get caught)but I'm happy and moving around again.
Is there a group lobbying the government to make this stuff legal?? If so I want to join. Something has to change! I shouldn't be made to feel like a criminal when I am doing something I believe God gave me to help me. And yes, I am a Christian to all those christians who appose!
Some one lead to the right place so I can add my voice to this worthy cause!
which is worse getting drunk n driving or chilling back at home with a few pipes? i wonder what goes through most pples minds when i state this question
I love marijuana and i totally reckon it should be legal, theres no negative downside and heaps of positive sides to it (e.g shrinks tumars up to 50%, helps cancer and aids patients, help anorexia etc.) but it wont be legalized if people just post blogs on the internet.
WEED IS NOT A DRUG!! its just a plat, you know like a herb like oregano, parsley, cauliflower and mushrooms. Magic!! Its natural the way your body needs it unlike all that processed tobacco and alcohol. And just like oregano its great with pizza, smoke some bongs
I have chronic fatigue and inflamalgia plus ibs , it takes all my symptoms away, but recently had an order to quit , now my specialist has placed me on vallium which has no effect on my symptoms ,makes me feel like have got hangover next day plus feel like bin hit by a bus , weed helps me to sleep normally and is helpful with your sex life , so tell me why these politicians are so dumb!! If they make it legal people who never have had to have dealings with criminals now have because it's illegal , I just don't get it???all because one mayor back in 1930s prohibited it !!! Needs to be looked at and addressed rapidly , it's a win win situation not only down n outs smoke professional people smoke too!!
if you legalise pot you are not going to have thousands of people driving high and causing accidents and deaths. not everyone is a flipping idiot and its time the government treat us like adults and not 12 yr olds. people can in fact make informed decisions such as "im smoking tonight, i shouldn't drive" just like they make those decisions for alcohol. PLUS i remember reading a study that driving high isn't at all recommended, yet it is better then driving drunk as you have a better reaction speed and more effective critical thinking. of course your going to have people driving high, but they are going to be the idiots that also agree to drive drunk so your not going to have any increase to roads deaths but more likely a decrease. please people, use some common sense and basic critical analysis, its not that hard.
There is no real evidence that says cannabis and driving is dangerous, sure i wouldn't jump behind the wheel if i felt absolutely wasted, but that's a feeling you get when your a first time cannabis user, i know there's thousands of people everyday driving around right now high, the everyday cannabis user is always high, and statistically speaking we shouldn't be able to avoid accidents and other peoples mistakes like we do but we do, I have been taking cannabis for over 3 years everyday and on and off for 17 years, i run multiple legal businesses and do about 50000-60000kms road travel a year and in that time, 3-4 years of cannabis daily and 175,000km of road time = 0 accidents 0 near accidents and 100% accident avoidance , i have to constantly pay attention to other road users, they can be so dangerous i really do not want to be hit by another car and i do so fully topped up on cannabis since it stays in my system for 3 months or more, so i believe referring cannabis driving to drink driving is not a good example , alcohol kills, cannabis heals. Most people are to scared to agree on a website for fear of prosecution but that's just not how i roll, i am proud to stand up for cannabis and you should to.
Legalize Weed !
Yeah weed may have some of its minor problems, or effects but dosn't alot of things ?
How about before comparing it on its own, compare it to alcohol ?
alcoholics, are angry dangerous people most of the time, weed helps people relax and even cures illnesses !
What weed also does is make people happy, and feel good about themself, but your taking that away from people, and everyone will only live once. its there life, why shouldn't they be allowed to smoke cannabis.
So let me get this straight..
It's seeds are a food?
It's fibre is stronger than nylon?
It's oil is a medicine and a fuel?
The government is protecting us from food, shelter, medicine and fuel?
REALLY?
Legalise it but still maintain an age limit. 18 similar to alcohol would be appropriate
maybe it would be appropriate if it were dangerous like alcohol but its not, children need cannabis medicines too
cannabis should be legal to those who chose to consume it for recreational and medical purposes, It's 2013 not the stone ages, when they didn't know what cannabis was, hence time for change their are so much benefits of marijuana for the user or grower( medicine, high, cure, clothes, relaxation, control, etc, etc the list goes on), and governments( taxes, strain control/potency , less trouble/crime), people don't need to contact corrupt dealers to purchase cannabis who may try and sell contaminated cannabis which could be laced with chemicals used to make hard drugs or because they don't actually know how to grow proper cannabis without flushing all harmful nutrients out before selling on to unsuspecting buyer, If cannabis is legal it can be controlled properly and be made safe for all to consume safely, and for our kids in the future and their kids. Why should you be made out to be a criminal if you smoke or grow cannabis or you take it for medical reasons, is it because someone in charge of everybody says so or someone is afraid to lose there seat in parliament, yeah I think so. but its ok for you to get robbed, murdered, burgled, and placed in the same category as them. ? who protects us the good citizens from these scum bags, no one we get treated the same way as them by people who run the country, we get criminal records, locked up, get our houses taken from us, what for smoking or growing marijuana/cannabis or taking it to help us live or temporarily stop/relieve the pain of some unfortunate condition that you might have or just because you want to do it because it makes you feel good. come on people in power legalize or at least decriminalize it for the people, after all we are the ones that put you in the seats that you call a job, you need to listen to the people and believe me people from all walks of life use cannabis not necessarily bad people, which we get classed as. I pay my taxes, I own my own business, I serve the community, I'm a good person, I'm a responsible person, I don't drink and drive, I don't smoke & drive, I have never claimed a cent that I wasn't entitled to like some, I have two beautiful girls & a wife, I own a house, I have a family that lives half way round the world that I see once a year if I'm lucky, I'm married, my point is I'm a normal person with rights that I'm not getting to use, because the government says I cant. If I was to grow a plant for personal use I would be breaking the law and would have all my rights stripped from me, I would get locked up and lose my family, friends, customers, get a criminal record yeah it sucks now my next point is how much more people can say they are in the same situation as me in one way or another probably a very scary amount, when I arrived in Australia 8 years ago from the UK I laughed as it was a little behind the rest of the world but It is now my home which i want to live the rest of my life with my children/family come on Australia take the lead in marijuana/cannabis reform and be ahead for once take lead in this situation and make it legal for the people, hope I didn't go on to much there click like if you want me to run for president Scoosh
beautifully put there ^
Someone said....'"you seem to be out to cause conflict between party members '
am not sure if its possible to 'actually' cause conflict at all, that suggests people dont make their own minds up about how they respond or post, i dont really get the impression people really give hoot but i recieved several msgs congratulating me on my recent posts so am happy to take the positives. If people cant cope with the cut n thrust of political debate, why bother?
If any members want to contact me personally or discuss anything i post i am more than happy to do so...this accusatory bullshit is just more examples of juvenile, soft option behaviour...
I have spoken to a few serious MC users and party members who are simply gutted by the recent policy decision to try and impose recreational use on the NSW MC Inquiry. They r dissapointed and disillusioned that members were not openly consulted and that strategies proven to be successful in the US, could be so easily discarded. People feel let down by party management who seem more interested in a 'protest' vote than actually developing legal strategies to attack prohibition in court or Parliment.
The whole issues seems to be clouded by the 'stoner' or 'hippy' mentality and some kind of fuzzy imaginary legality thats gonna happen soon but no one really knows how. The HEMP party currently seems more suited to organising bong throwing contests and fantasising about not being busted than dealing with the hardcore reality of fullscale legality.
Maybe it would be much more useful to gain members confidence by getting some fundraising happening and hiring some lawyers to conduct a fullscale feasibility study into how best way to achieve legalistion, instead of simply wanting it.?
Toughen up, get serious and take the fight to the heart of the problem.
I have had enough its time we say no to prohibition.I have heard the story too may times,titles like" 83 yr old arrested for possession of pot".This elderly Gentleman had terminal Cancer.
How many more of our Grandparents are going before a magistrate becauase of prohibition.How many of their Grandkids will go to jail for pot? keep reading this column and you will see more victims of prohibition. NOW WE FIGHT WITH WORDS.......END PROHIBITION NOW>>>>>>>>>>>>>>....................Industrial HEMP can be grown commercially in Australia,N.S.W. Legally with Restrictions and conditions.The produce from Hemp Farms CANNOT be sourced fast enough.Grow Industrial Hemp Organically.
Im for the legalization of cannabis, even though im young and close family relatives tell me im wrong. I still beleive in a the powers and health benefits of this "herb". I have been learning so much about cannabis, the truths, benefits, false political statements and a lot more. I may even choose to evolve a career out of it. If it were legalised and to see the end of prohibition, would make me proud of my country. But for now "we" our country is being run by the politically incorrect. Legalise weed!
Legalize weed, it would be sick!
I have read most comments and can not ad any different.
Yes, legalise marijuana.
In order to approach government it would help if you had a list of supporters. I suggest you provide a form we can fill out that will keep us anonymous for obvious reasons.
For example:
We the undersigned....etc...
First name, general location, age, sex, years of use, occupation.
Print it and send it to government reps. It may help if they saw how many people are on it.
Good luck from 66 yo returned serviceman.
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