Yes, more people then ever use weed on a daily basis then at any other time in irish history, I know more people who smoke weed then don’t, i have seen people you would have never thought would pick up smoking weed in a million years now smoke it the odd time.
I know older people who use it for pain, guy I work with was on 4 different types of pain killers for real bad disc pain in his back, his liver was getting assaulted on a daily basis from them tablets, now he has a puff off a joint when he gets home, and says he has never slept better in 15 years, he does take a pain killer during the day as he can’t get high but 1 is better then 4 I suppose.
The attitude has changed but the dinosaurs in government won’t ever let it happen.
Also I can’t wait to get home from work and smoke a joint, happy Saturday everyone
I would, but haven’t a clue where I might get some!!
Genuine question: how do you regulate it? I’m not talking lisenced vendors etc. The daily logistics of it:
How do you set a limit for what’s an appropriate amount to have in your system for work?
What’s the limit someone is allowed to have before getting behind the wheel of a car? How do you measure it?
How do you police it? Cannabis is detectable in the system much longer then alcohol. Does this make it harder to police?
Can employers ban their employees from using based on their responsibilities? Like a surgeon or pilots? Can an employer even ban an employee from using a legal substance?
Genuinely interested as to the logistics of this. I don’t give a monkeys what you do at home. I’d just rather you weren’t doing it beside me on a motorway.
This is seriously becoming one of those topics that politicians and media use to curry some favour or roll out on slow news days. And the bait gets taken, every single time.
Personally I think it’s not as* harmful as alcohol. It should be legalised but (here comes the unpopular opinion) it should be a 21+ age usage on it . . While I know underage people still drink and smoke and already still get their hands on weed there should be a point made that it can fuck up brain development.
Imo it should be enjoyed responsibly as alcohol is ‘supposed’ to be enjoyed and not something you need daily. You shouldn’t be drunk or stoned in work, you shouldn’t be stoned or drunk while driving, but if someone is on a day off and would rather a joint to a few pints because alcohol makes them aggressive but weed makes them calm, as an adult I think you should be able to make that choice provided you can continue functioning in your daily life.
**Edited
No, primarily because of the annoying smell. In an apartment block one cannabis smoker will stink the entire building out. It is vastly more pungent than tobacco in this regard.
I also suspect that behind the recent cannabis push are tobacco companies funding social media and further driving illegal uptake with the hope of moving into a nascent market, once legalised. It is more than a little suspicious that support for cannabis has been both recent and unified across the Western world.
The long term health effects of regular cannabis usage are not well established. Do we really want to risk another health crisis like we have with tobacco/alcohol in another few decades?
I am well aware that the strong pro-weed brigade on here will down vote this to hell. Go for it!
Yea I definitely want to be able to sit and enjoy my high.. I use to smoke it alot but always had my head wrecked and getting paranoid. And then i realised it’s the weed snoking thats leaving me with my head flaked.. I wouldn’t touch it for years them cause i just said its not for me. But I’ve tired all other drugs and used them a bit too often that it affected my way of living so I put a stop to it. A few weeks ago i took a smoke of a joint and soon as i inhaled i started thinking “ah shit what did i smoke that for i may go home before i get paranoid” I think i ‘thought’ my way into paranoia if you get my drift.
I’ve a relative who grows his own i must mention it to him. But sitting with ppl that are putting 2 or 3 big buds into a joint is a no no. I see ppl showing how ‘big’ of smoker they are and half a g in a j.. It’s ridiculous and a waste i think. Lol
I’m going to spark up right now. Happy Saturday folks.
Yes, it’s a waste of time going after people for weed. Legalise it, sell it and tax it like alcohol or cigarettes.
You add more money to your economy and cut out a section of criminal drug money
Yes. Anything more is an overstatement.
If it would take it out of the hands of dodgy fuckers and meant I could go and get the right product for my needs then I’m all on for legalisation. It’d be no worse than legal alcohol and there’s a good chance there’s not a person on this island that hasn’t been impacted by alcohol dependence in some shape or form.
This is not a debate, just legalise it already
People smoke it regardless of it’s legal status. The question is, do you want gangs to profit from the distribution.
Yes
We already deal with the negative health benefits through the HSE for secret smokers anyhow.
An open system will allow more people to make a bit of cash growing and selling legally.
The cops can then focus and *actually* detrimental drugs like, Heroin and Meth.
Drug dealing organizations will instantly have less income and if they do decide to sell legally will also start paying Tax on it.
Legalise, regulate, educate!
Remember smoking weed isn’t like smoking cigarettes, it’s like drinking alcohol. If you wouldn’t do something drunk, you shouldn’t do it stoned either. Recreational use the important term.
As I read this across the drink, puffing away on legal recreational cannabis, I can’t help but thinking of one thing. Why don’t they still Taytos in the States?
It should be legalised full stop.
Be nice to know what strains yer puffin on like. 💨
This is a genuine question. If it is legalised (which I think it should) would it still be a criminal offence for unregulated sellers to sell it?
I take it you would have licenced producers and sellers and there would be tax on the cannabis similar to cigarettes and alcohol.
So if a criminal gang were selling cheaper weed to people and undercutting the licenced sellers would that be a criminal offence still?
Could we potentially have a situation where licenced cannabis producers are out calling for the guards to make more arrests and seizures on unlicenced cannabis producers?
Yes!
Any other use too.
Yes, this is such a no-brainer
Legalise and tax it
Bosh
As a practicing GP in South Dublin, I am for legalisation. If society can, in good conscience, allow for the free use of alcohol, it should have no qualms for legalising weed. There are lots of societal detriments for alcohol that outstrip that of weed. I’m glad the US has finally started to figure it out. If only Ireland’s elite would do the ethical responsible thing and legalize it…
Another day, another cannabis post.
Yes, obviously.
No, just legalized without qualifiers so the government can’t keep funding armed criminals.
What are the arguments people make in this country for keeping it illegal?
Yes. Absolutely. There is essentially no reason not to and a plethora of reasons to
Absolutely. No worse for you than alcohol or cigarettes and certainly better than the combination of them.
Yes, because the government should have no business when it come to you and your body.
Should you be arrested if caught high while driving? Yes, same as when drunk. But the policeman should have 0 interest in what you do with your own body.
Switzerland, Netherlands, Germany, and Luxembourg are all bringing in adult use cannabis reform of some type And malta has already done this in 2021. Time for the government in Ireland, which has one of the highest percentages of cannabis use in Europe to start implementing legalisation here. Better to be there at the start. At least then one or two of the cannabis corporations might possibly be Irish.
Yes, absolutely
I cannot stand the fucking smell nor do I use it …but yeah it should be legal.
No.
Myriad of health reasons but mostly that cannabis can make existing mental illness get worse, can trigger new mental illness, and that the number of people admitted to psychiatric hospitals in Ireland with a cannabis related diagnosis has trebled since 2002. It’s also got no proven health benefit, although I’ve no objection to it being used for that purpose if a credible use is found (most likely to be end of life care)
Yes it should be legalised, regulated and taxed. But there would need to be a public information campaign around the dangers of smoking, too many people laud it as a harmless miracle drug. Also smoking marijuana, regardless of THC content, results in a substantially greater respiratory burden of carbon monoxide and tar than smoking a similar quantity of tobacco.
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Yes, more people then ever use weed on a daily basis then at any other time in irish history, I know more people who smoke weed then don’t, i have seen people you would have never thought would pick up smoking weed in a million years now smoke it the odd time.
I know older people who use it for pain, guy I work with was on 4 different types of pain killers for real bad disc pain in his back, his liver was getting assaulted on a daily basis from them tablets, now he has a puff off a joint when he gets home, and says he has never slept better in 15 years, he does take a pain killer during the day as he can’t get high but 1 is better then 4 I suppose.
The attitude has changed but the dinosaurs in government won’t ever let it happen.
Also I can’t wait to get home from work and smoke a joint, happy Saturday everyone
I would, but haven’t a clue where I might get some!!
Genuine question: how do you regulate it? I’m not talking lisenced vendors etc. The daily logistics of it:
How do you set a limit for what’s an appropriate amount to have in your system for work?
What’s the limit someone is allowed to have before getting behind the wheel of a car? How do you measure it?
How do you police it? Cannabis is detectable in the system much longer then alcohol. Does this make it harder to police?
Can employers ban their employees from using based on their responsibilities? Like a surgeon or pilots? Can an employer even ban an employee from using a legal substance?
Genuinely interested as to the logistics of this. I don’t give a monkeys what you do at home. I’d just rather you weren’t doing it beside me on a motorway.
This is seriously becoming one of those topics that politicians and media use to curry some favour or roll out on slow news days. And the bait gets taken, every single time.
Personally I think it’s not as* harmful as alcohol. It should be legalised but (here comes the unpopular opinion) it should be a 21+ age usage on it . . While I know underage people still drink and smoke and already still get their hands on weed there should be a point made that it can fuck up brain development.
Imo it should be enjoyed responsibly as alcohol is ‘supposed’ to be enjoyed and not something you need daily. You shouldn’t be drunk or stoned in work, you shouldn’t be stoned or drunk while driving, but if someone is on a day off and would rather a joint to a few pints because alcohol makes them aggressive but weed makes them calm, as an adult I think you should be able to make that choice provided you can continue functioning in your daily life.
**Edited
No, primarily because of the annoying smell. In an apartment block one cannabis smoker will stink the entire building out. It is vastly more pungent than tobacco in this regard.
I also suspect that behind the recent cannabis push are tobacco companies funding social media and further driving illegal uptake with the hope of moving into a nascent market, once legalised. It is more than a little suspicious that support for cannabis has been both recent and unified across the Western world.
The long term health effects of regular cannabis usage are not well established. Do we really want to risk another health crisis like we have with tobacco/alcohol in another few decades?
I am well aware that the strong pro-weed brigade on here will down vote this to hell. Go for it!
Yea I definitely want to be able to sit and enjoy my high.. I use to smoke it alot but always had my head wrecked and getting paranoid. And then i realised it’s the weed snoking thats leaving me with my head flaked.. I wouldn’t touch it for years them cause i just said its not for me. But I’ve tired all other drugs and used them a bit too often that it affected my way of living so I put a stop to it. A few weeks ago i took a smoke of a joint and soon as i inhaled i started thinking “ah shit what did i smoke that for i may go home before i get paranoid” I think i ‘thought’ my way into paranoia if you get my drift.
I’ve a relative who grows his own i must mention it to him. But sitting with ppl that are putting 2 or 3 big buds into a joint is a no no. I see ppl showing how ‘big’ of smoker they are and half a g in a j.. It’s ridiculous and a waste i think. Lol
I’m going to spark up right now. Happy Saturday folks.
Yes, it’s a waste of time going after people for weed. Legalise it, sell it and tax it like alcohol or cigarettes.
You add more money to your economy and cut out a section of criminal drug money
Yes. Anything more is an overstatement.
If it would take it out of the hands of dodgy fuckers and meant I could go and get the right product for my needs then I’m all on for legalisation. It’d be no worse than legal alcohol and there’s a good chance there’s not a person on this island that hasn’t been impacted by alcohol dependence in some shape or form.
This is not a debate, just legalise it already
People smoke it regardless of it’s legal status. The question is, do you want gangs to profit from the distribution.
Yes
We already deal with the negative health benefits through the HSE for secret smokers anyhow.
An open system will allow more people to make a bit of cash growing and selling legally.
The cops can then focus and *actually* detrimental drugs like, Heroin and Meth.
Drug dealing organizations will instantly have less income and if they do decide to sell legally will also start paying Tax on it.
Legalise, regulate, educate!
Remember smoking weed isn’t like smoking cigarettes, it’s like drinking alcohol. If you wouldn’t do something drunk, you shouldn’t do it stoned either. Recreational use the important term.
As I read this across the drink, puffing away on legal recreational cannabis, I can’t help but thinking of one thing. Why don’t they still Taytos in the States?
It should be legalised full stop.
Be nice to know what strains yer puffin on like. 💨
This is a genuine question. If it is legalised (which I think it should) would it still be a criminal offence for unregulated sellers to sell it?
I take it you would have licenced producers and sellers and there would be tax on the cannabis similar to cigarettes and alcohol.
So if a criminal gang were selling cheaper weed to people and undercutting the licenced sellers would that be a criminal offence still?
Could we potentially have a situation where licenced cannabis producers are out calling for the guards to make more arrests and seizures on unlicenced cannabis producers?
Yes!
Any other use too.
Yes, this is such a no-brainer
Legalise and tax it
Bosh
As a practicing GP in South Dublin, I am for legalisation. If society can, in good conscience, allow for the free use of alcohol, it should have no qualms for legalising weed. There are lots of societal detriments for alcohol that outstrip that of weed. I’m glad the US has finally started to figure it out. If only Ireland’s elite would do the ethical responsible thing and legalize it…
Another day, another cannabis post.
Yes, obviously.
No, just legalized without qualifiers so the government can’t keep funding armed criminals.
What are the arguments people make in this country for keeping it illegal?
Yes. Absolutely. There is essentially no reason not to and a plethora of reasons to
Absolutely. No worse for you than alcohol or cigarettes and certainly better than the combination of them.
Yes, because the government should have no business when it come to you and your body.
Should you be arrested if caught high while driving? Yes, same as when drunk. But the policeman should have 0 interest in what you do with your own body.
Switzerland, Netherlands, Germany, and Luxembourg are all bringing in adult use cannabis reform of some type And malta has already done this in 2021. Time for the government in Ireland, which has one of the highest percentages of cannabis use in Europe to start implementing legalisation here. Better to be there at the start. At least then one or two of the cannabis corporations might possibly be Irish.
Yes, absolutely
I cannot stand the fucking smell nor do I use it …but yeah it should be legal.
No.
Myriad of health reasons but mostly that cannabis can make existing mental illness get worse, can trigger new mental illness, and that the number of people admitted to psychiatric hospitals in Ireland with a cannabis related diagnosis has trebled since 2002. It’s also got no proven health benefit, although I’ve no objection to it being used for that purpose if a credible use is found (most likely to be end of life care)
Yes it should be legalised, regulated and taxed. But there would need to be a public information campaign around the dangers of smoking, too many people laud it as a harmless miracle drug. Also smoking marijuana, regardless of THC content, results in a substantially greater respiratory burden of carbon monoxide and tar than smoking a similar quantity of tobacco.