Is this a positive step forward for the legalization of cannabis within the EU? Does anyone think Ireland could one day in the near future legalize cannabis? Wouldn’t it be amazing. I smoke THC in small doses for my anxiety’s and pain relief. It legit works for these type of health issues and many more as well I would presume. The price of it is the killer for me right now, with everything going on with inflation it’s becoming harder to keep up. LETS LEGALIZE CANNABIS IN IRELAND 🇮🇪.

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  3. Still don’t really believe it will make it through the whole bureaucratic process but I’m very hopeful it will. It will certainly put pressure on other countries across the EU to move towards more sensible drug laws.

  4. Grew up in the Netherlands were it has always been (sort of) legal, I won’t go into the details, but let’s say its legal).

    Used it, all my friends used it, most of them (like 9 out of 10) never went for the harder stuff.

    I don’t really see a problem with it being legalised everywhere, but then also make the growing of the stuff legal and regularised, so you cut off the bad actors (sort of)

  5. The EU is blocking it based on some spurious bullshit about Germany not being able to guarantee that cannabis won’t be shipped into other EU countries. Never mind that the medical industry ships tons of it cross borders everyday. And the Dutch seemed to manage.

  6. In the near future? Not a snowball’s chance in hell. I genuinely believe we’re at least 20 years away from some meaningful loosening of legislation surrounding cannabis.

    I mean, when you consider we have the lowest threshold in the world for detectable THC in saliva at a roadside drug test, you know the powers that be in this country have a major vendetta against weed. For reference, the threshold for detectable cocaine metabolites in saliva at a roadside test is ten times more lenient than cannabis (10 nano mg/ml vs 1 nano mg/ml). The mind boggles.

  7. If they’re not gonna legalise it, let’s just use common sense and just decriminalize it as the way to go.

    How much time and money goes into guards cases being brought to court for some poor fella that likes a spliff. Bullshit cases like this is draining resources we don’t have and guards could be used better if they’re not harassing joe soap for a lump of hash in his pocket while they’ve probably being on the bag all weekend.

  8. >Is this a positive step forward for the legalization of cannabis within the EU?

    what kind of question is that? obviously any country trying to work out an official proposal towards legalisation is a positive step. will Ireland work towards the same goal? maybe at a later stage.

    one big difference you have to bear in mind, in Germany there are various organisations, first and foremost the DHV (Deutscher Hanf Verband), that have been campaigning for legalisation for decades. and we’re not just talking about spreading slogans and holding up a few posters once in a blue moon. they invite experts and go into the Bundestag to advise on things like cannabis<->driving and all kinds of things that the usual “legalise it” crowd doesn’t even have on their radar.

    so while the younger population of Ireland may be largely for legalisation, I’ve rarely seen or heard anything here that constitutes actual thought and solid proposals on how to implement it. it’s easy to just demand stuff to happen, but how it will work is left to somebody else.

    and you don’t really want to end up with a situation like in NL, where it’s legal to buy (mostly) but how it gets from the plant into the coffeeshop is a grey area at best, and black market supply still thrives enough without selling directly to consumers.

    there are lots of considerations to take but if you want this to become a reality for Ireland and the people here, you’ll need actual proposals, expert groups, etc. to write up something useful and then go through with it. election promise level stuff is bullshit and has 0 impact.

  9. As much as I say yeah for this, I’m also against it some what, Ireland is a depressing wet and rotten place for some (not all just the a collective like this) and drink and drugs are common here legalisation may make more people become reliant on it to feel normal. Weed isn’t addicting like coffee or the drink but it could play with those who have mental health problems more. But I don’t know. I love weed myself but keep it for special occasion and times when I’m off work or don’t have any plans. I do love shrooms tho more so then weed.

  11. Hear, hear!!
    Germany is even ahead of Holland now (as many other countries. Even the USA is legalizing cannabis is some states)
    Besides it is income for the state it is also good to keep track of it and it reduces addiction. So there are more pros than cons.
    For pain relief it should be legal or on prescription so it can be cheaper but better qualty

    Bob Marley will cheer in heaven when cannabis is legal

  13. When Mehole and his party members alongside his FG collegues are able to set themselves up as directors in a cannabis company then and only then will the joint start to roll

  15. I live in America and have medicinal marijuana. Alcohol is much more addictive and damaging. With weed, I just chill at home and watch TV and feel less stress and anxious with no hangover.

    It would be awesome to see EU and then possibly Ireland legalize. I was in Ireland this summer though and it seems the general consensus is most people still look down on pot smokers.

  18. I don’t use it regularly, but it would be nice to have the option to pick a strain with the effects that I’m looking for.

  19. Sad that we haul people through the courts for a small bit of weed.

    I don’t touch it anymore because I don’t like the way i feel the day after. It stops me from doing stuff that is more important to me. But if you want to and enjoy it or get benefit from it. Rock on.

  20. I live in Washington state in the US, and we’ve had legal cannabis for a while now. I don’t use myself, but even in the small town I live in I can buy bacon flavored thc/cbd drops for my 9 yr old Great Pyrenees. It helps with his arthritis, his pain induced aggression, and helps him sleep. The folks that run the store are very knowledgeable and have a very wide range of products.

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