I don’t even care if it’s legal or not, just increase the threshold for drug driving please. Here it’s 1mg/l, whereas in Alberta where I used to live it was 4mg/l, which is a fact based figure that means after about 4 hours you could drive, as opposed to 12hrs+ over here. Our figure is just an arbitrary number that they put onto the statute books.
yes
FFG will never do it. Their voting base does not want it, especially FG. As always lads, ye’ll need a new govt or just keep getting it from wherever you get it.
As Sean Paul once said ‘ Herb a di healin’ of di nation, legalise it right now we wanna blaze one’.
Yes
Yes
No poll but three links all going to a “cannabis induced psychosis” story.
Is this a FG sponsored piece?
Yes
The Gardai are the biggest obstacle there is to a common sense approach. They will fight to the bitter end to ensure there’s no relaxation of the misuse of drugs act which gives them powers to harass and search for no reason
Yes, along with all other drugs. Tax them all, use the tax money to fund harsher measures against non-licensed manufacturing, distribution and usage
There’s no poll showing for me on that page
Alcohol is a far bigger problem and a huge drag in the court and hospital/health care system.
After walking around Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire, Greystones…. and about 4 other places… you might aswell legalise it to get some tax back to clean up parks, or build something useful…
I mean least with a shop of weed, the person behind the counter might actually know something about what they are handing out…
Yes
Don’t smoke but I believe alcohol is worse than this stuff
Would help with alot of people with terminal illness and people who live with chronic pain.
They should do what they have in places like lanzorote.
Weed clubs. You need to join, show valid id and its confined to those clubs with an educated server advising on potencys.
They have board games video games, its alcohol free and feels alot safer than alot of pubs I’ve been in.
Everyone was chatting, laughing , no phones were out and actual interactions occurred or invites to play games with strangers.
I support the legalisation of all drugs. That doesn’t mean I think taking (non medicinal) drugs is advisable but rather because I don’t think we should criminalise people with addiction problems, if we legalise everything we can regulate it, keep these products chemically pure and ensure that those who use them can do so in a controlled environment with a medical professional on standby if they choose. (I’m talking about drugs like heroin here, not marijuana before someone tells me that’s not necessary)
Not to mention the fact that I don’t want to live in a nanny state, people should have the right to put whatever they want into their bodies, no doubt taking hard drugs is a stupid choice but in a free society people should still have the freedom to make stupid choices.
Legitimately would move back to Ireland if it was legal.
At the end of the day it’s a plant. The flower of a plant. The end product is not altered in any way from its natural state. And yet it’s illegal. Think about that….
Not interested in cannabis myself but if someone else wants wants it, I’ve no desire to stop them.
Yes
I don’t think there’s any chance this gov or public would vote for it right now.
You might read this and hate the opinion but even this poll is losing.
I think we need to put all our energy into ensuring those with medical conditions and pain problems get it urgently and easily with as little as resistance as possible before we move onto recreation.
The oldies who hate it might change their opinion when they see their friends and family with medical conditions benefit from it as well.
Yes, but for most people it’s moronic to use recreationally.
I’m surprised they haven’t already they’d probably make alot of money I don’t smoke it but I think they should.
No poll showing for me.
I don’t smoke myself but I’d absolutely vote yes.
We all know someone that’s smoked themselves schizophrenic. This is due to the imbalanced THC/CBD content in unregulated weed.
It’s a direct cause of it being illegal and unregulated.
People are going to smoke anyway as has been categorically proven by it continued popularity, despite it always having been illegal.
Legalise and regulate it. Ensure the cannabis available is safe. That’s the only smart move at this point.
I don’t use it but honestly I don’t see the harm. Will take money away from criminals also.
Yes
Currently know a few people leaving this country to get medical cannabis its crazy they made Vera & Her daughter jump through hoops to get access to it and the likes of amiee brown currently I’d only one of 20 people in the whole country with a medical access granted, This government is a joke we already know this much.
My behavior wouldn’t change in the slightest even if it was legalised and I’m an occasional smoker
Nice poll…
After walking around the streets of Dublin and taking public transport all over the city from the smell of weed coming of people one would think its legal all ready. Unfortunately.
As long as people don’t go behind wheel high.
We have enough drunk drivers as is.
Would be such a boom for the economy
Lessen drunken domestic violence as well. Someone do it.
Yes.
If alcohol is fine, so is weed. It’s less physically addictive, has plenty of medicinal benefits and taking the cannabis industry out the hands of criminals could provide massive income for the economy – whether thats for personal use or tourism. Not to mention that, even outside of the recreational use of cannabis, this would also allow a hemp industry to thrive.
No narcotic comes without risk, of course, so I understand widespread use would have it’s risks. I don’t particularly want to be explaining “what that smell is” to a young child lol.
Regulation makes it safer for everyone and stops money pouring into the pockets of criminal organisations. We need our Garda time spent wisely and personal possession is unnecessarily taking up resources. We had over 10,000 convictions for minor drug possession last year. Is time really time well spent?
It is also damaging the relationship between An Garda and local communities. I am a good citizen and I avoid An Garda because I am afraid an interaction with them could ruin my life.
Legality and regulation is a clear path to changing behaviours with respect substances. Alcohol and tobacco regulation has shown this. It may help move people away from smoking it and it’ll give them the chance of picking other consumption methods.
In reality, it’s this simple. If you do not like Cannabis, then do not consume it. Want to make it less accessible for your children? Then its probably best that you call for change. Drug dealers do not ask customers for ID.
You really do have to be a myopic, self-centred prick to be against this just because you yourself wouldn’t parttake. That being said, alcohol industry in Ireland has too much backroom influence for this to be as simple as it has been in other countries.
Yes
Tax it, regulate it, take it off the crims and spend it on the victims
I never find those polls on [breakingnews.ie](http://breakingnews.ie) actually show on my computer or phone! I see the article about the poll, but no actual poll.
Meanwhile… yes and no. If the marijuana products are to be made under licence with proper inspection, maybe. If they’re to continue to be made by criminals with god knows what added, no.
But we should also be aware that legalising marijuana is opening a market for something that can have quite a nasty effect. I have brilliant, witty friends who had fabulous ideas for what they were going to do for the world, but once they became entangled in dope smoking, they remained just that: ideas, dreams, never fulfilled. They continued to dream of the great things they were going to do, for year after year, as they smoked.
For comparison, look at the effect that the quiet invasion of gambling clubs, which were absolutely illegal for many years. Having these “clubs” has opened a highly addictive market in Ireland which is no good for anyone including those who profit from the nasty things.
Tá
I mean but tbh and I used to be more wpassionate about the topic but it’s the least of my worries at this stage
Yes, 100%. It should have happened 10 years ago
It’s actually crazy how behind we are with regards to that. Slap people with a public nuisance for outside use and leave everyone else alone
Yes, yes, yes, and I don’t even smoke it. Not one single person should be criminalised or have a (life changing) criminal record for smoking a plant.
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yes
Yes
I don’t even care if it’s legal or not, just increase the threshold for drug driving please. Here it’s 1mg/l, whereas in Alberta where I used to live it was 4mg/l, which is a fact based figure that means after about 4 hours you could drive, as opposed to 12hrs+ over here. Our figure is just an arbitrary number that they put onto the statute books.
yes
FFG will never do it. Their voting base does not want it, especially FG. As always lads, ye’ll need a new govt or just keep getting it from wherever you get it.
As Sean Paul once said ‘ Herb a di healin’ of di nation, legalise it right now we wanna blaze one’.
Yes
Yes
No poll but three links all going to a “cannabis induced psychosis” story.
Is this a FG sponsored piece?
Yes
The Gardai are the biggest obstacle there is to a common sense approach. They will fight to the bitter end to ensure there’s no relaxation of the misuse of drugs act which gives them powers to harass and search for no reason
Yes, along with all other drugs. Tax them all, use the tax money to fund harsher measures against non-licensed manufacturing, distribution and usage
There’s no poll showing for me on that page
Alcohol is a far bigger problem and a huge drag in the court and hospital/health care system.
After walking around Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire, Greystones…. and about 4 other places… you might aswell legalise it to get some tax back to clean up parks, or build something useful…
I mean least with a shop of weed, the person behind the counter might actually know something about what they are handing out…
Yes
Don’t smoke but I believe alcohol is worse than this stuff
Would help with alot of people with terminal illness and people who live with chronic pain.
They should do what they have in places like lanzorote.
Weed clubs. You need to join, show valid id and its confined to those clubs with an educated server advising on potencys.
They have board games video games, its alcohol free and feels alot safer than alot of pubs I’ve been in.
Everyone was chatting, laughing , no phones were out and actual interactions occurred or invites to play games with strangers.
I support the legalisation of all drugs. That doesn’t mean I think taking (non medicinal) drugs is advisable but rather because I don’t think we should criminalise people with addiction problems, if we legalise everything we can regulate it, keep these products chemically pure and ensure that those who use them can do so in a controlled environment with a medical professional on standby if they choose. (I’m talking about drugs like heroin here, not marijuana before someone tells me that’s not necessary)
Not to mention the fact that I don’t want to live in a nanny state, people should have the right to put whatever they want into their bodies, no doubt taking hard drugs is a stupid choice but in a free society people should still have the freedom to make stupid choices.
Legitimately would move back to Ireland if it was legal.
At the end of the day it’s a plant. The flower of a plant. The end product is not altered in any way from its natural state. And yet it’s illegal. Think about that….
Not interested in cannabis myself but if someone else wants wants it, I’ve no desire to stop them.
Yes
I don’t think there’s any chance this gov or public would vote for it right now.
You might read this and hate the opinion but even this poll is losing.
I think we need to put all our energy into ensuring those with medical conditions and pain problems get it urgently and easily with as little as resistance as possible before we move onto recreation.
The oldies who hate it might change their opinion when they see their friends and family with medical conditions benefit from it as well.
Yes, but for most people it’s moronic to use recreationally.
I’m surprised they haven’t already they’d probably make alot of money I don’t smoke it but I think they should.
No poll showing for me.
I don’t smoke myself but I’d absolutely vote yes.
We all know someone that’s smoked themselves schizophrenic. This is due to the imbalanced THC/CBD content in unregulated weed.
It’s a direct cause of it being illegal and unregulated.
People are going to smoke anyway as has been categorically proven by it continued popularity, despite it always having been illegal.
Legalise and regulate it. Ensure the cannabis available is safe. That’s the only smart move at this point.
I don’t use it but honestly I don’t see the harm. Will take money away from criminals also.
Yes
Currently know a few people leaving this country to get medical cannabis its crazy they made Vera & Her daughter jump through hoops to get access to it and the likes of amiee brown currently I’d only one of 20 people in the whole country with a medical access granted, This government is a joke we already know this much.
My behavior wouldn’t change in the slightest even if it was legalised and I’m an occasional smoker
Nice poll…
After walking around the streets of Dublin and taking public transport all over the city from the smell of weed coming of people one would think its legal all ready. Unfortunately.
As long as people don’t go behind wheel high.
We have enough drunk drivers as is.
Would be such a boom for the economy
Lessen drunken domestic violence as well. Someone do it.
Yes.
If alcohol is fine, so is weed. It’s less physically addictive, has plenty of medicinal benefits and taking the cannabis industry out the hands of criminals could provide massive income for the economy – whether thats for personal use or tourism. Not to mention that, even outside of the recreational use of cannabis, this would also allow a hemp industry to thrive.
No narcotic comes without risk, of course, so I understand widespread use would have it’s risks. I don’t particularly want to be explaining “what that smell is” to a young child lol.
Regulation makes it safer for everyone and stops money pouring into the pockets of criminal organisations. We need our Garda time spent wisely and personal possession is unnecessarily taking up resources. We had over 10,000 convictions for minor drug possession last year. Is time really time well spent?
It is also damaging the relationship between An Garda and local communities. I am a good citizen and I avoid An Garda because I am afraid an interaction with them could ruin my life.
Legality and regulation is a clear path to changing behaviours with respect substances. Alcohol and tobacco regulation has shown this. It may help move people away from smoking it and it’ll give them the chance of picking other consumption methods.
In reality, it’s this simple. If you do not like Cannabis, then do not consume it. Want to make it less accessible for your children? Then its probably best that you call for change. Drug dealers do not ask customers for ID.
You really do have to be a myopic, self-centred prick to be against this just because you yourself wouldn’t parttake. That being said, alcohol industry in Ireland has too much backroom influence for this to be as simple as it has been in other countries.
Yes
Tax it, regulate it, take it off the crims and spend it on the victims
I never find those polls on [breakingnews.ie](http://breakingnews.ie) actually show on my computer or phone! I see the article about the poll, but no actual poll.
Meanwhile… yes and no. If the marijuana products are to be made under licence with proper inspection, maybe. If they’re to continue to be made by criminals with god knows what added, no.
But we should also be aware that legalising marijuana is opening a market for something that can have quite a nasty effect. I have brilliant, witty friends who had fabulous ideas for what they were going to do for the world, but once they became entangled in dope smoking, they remained just that: ideas, dreams, never fulfilled. They continued to dream of the great things they were going to do, for year after year, as they smoked.
For comparison, look at the effect that the quiet invasion of gambling clubs, which were absolutely illegal for many years. Having these “clubs” has opened a highly addictive market in Ireland which is no good for anyone including those who profit from the nasty things.
Tá
I mean but tbh and I used to be more wpassionate about the topic but it’s the least of my worries at this stage
Yes, 100%. It should have happened 10 years ago
It’s actually crazy how behind we are with regards to that. Slap people with a public nuisance for outside use and leave everyone else alone
Yes, yes, yes, and I don’t even smoke it. Not one single person should be criminalised or have a (life changing) criminal record for smoking a plant.
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