The Vintners Association paying for news articles again I see.
“Drug Tourism” . . . . . . They actually said Drug Tourism. Come to Ireland try the Guinness, alcohol is fine, go to Holland, you’re a drug Tourist. I personally only go to Holland to see the Heineken factory and drink the beers, my favourite holiday is a drug holiday what about you guys
It should be legalised.
1. It takes the money out of the drug dealers hands to fund harder drugs and other crimes
2. The quality of cannabis improves considerably on the street, meaning less harmful for users.
3. It creates a new tax opportunity.
It is seriously a no brainer.
Ugh paywall
The alcohol industry versus decent people.
honestly fiscally conservative people should love legalizing weed, firstly less prison expense, secondly more jobs, thirdly more tax revenue for the state, and fourthly less money going into black market and thus untaxable
If you saw Canada five years ago, when marijuana was illegal, and saw Canada again today, now that marijuana is legal… You probably wouldn’t even notice any difference.
It is a divisive issue: some people want to legalise it, and others *really* want to legalise it
Don’t have to legalise it. Just decriminalise it.
Meanwhile Germans clean up from Octoberfest and prepare for the upcoming drunken firework shooting season.
Legalise all drugs. The crap people are snorting and smoking is just terrible quality, on health grounds it would be the wisest action, it would prevent possible future health problems. Portugal decriminalised and there’s no noises coming from that plan.
Free the Hash!
It means they can stop arresting people and sentencing them to 5 years for having the makings of a joint and start tackling, I dunno, the young lads who are on a rampage atm getting slaps on the wrist
Anyone have the full article text. I currently live in Germany and it is a divisive issue for a multitude of reasons. It’s not so cut and dry as people make it out to be.
Legalisation will require a joint effort
No. Infringement on personal freedom is a divisive issue. Cannabis is a monetary issue. A Very clever way of collecting $ when further taxation on the poor is unobtainable.
Of course, it would make so much sense for Ireland to legalise cannabis, i.e. jobs, revenue, etc. The benefits have been stated time and time again! People are gone blue in the face repeating this time and time again. However, I don’t believe it will be legalised in Ireland any time soon if ever. Purely as Ireland is too far behind other EU countries in this regard. Sure you’d be destroyed if someone knew you smoked weed. The sigma associated with cannabis in Ireland is huge…
Can it be repurposed to fuel cars? Preferably SLUT’s…Sports Luxury Utility Vehicles. I’m not voting for it if it can’t.
I would love for it to be legal here but it would need clear hard rules on who can distribution that are policed and if its something I know we as a country are shit at, its the police doing their job and the Irish public chancing their arm and taking a mile for every inch.
If they legalised cannabis, it would free up prison space and the courts for actual criminals and bring in decent tax revenue.
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>but it remains a deeply divisive issue
I don’t think that’s true
The Vintners Association paying for news articles again I see.
“Drug Tourism” . . . . . . They actually said Drug Tourism. Come to Ireland try the Guinness, alcohol is fine, go to Holland, you’re a drug Tourist. I personally only go to Holland to see the Heineken factory and drink the beers, my favourite holiday is a drug holiday what about you guys
It should be legalised.
1. It takes the money out of the drug dealers hands to fund harder drugs and other crimes
2. The quality of cannabis improves considerably on the street, meaning less harmful for users.
3. It creates a new tax opportunity.
It is seriously a no brainer.
Ugh paywall
The alcohol industry versus decent people.
honestly fiscally conservative people should love legalizing weed, firstly less prison expense, secondly more jobs, thirdly more tax revenue for the state, and fourthly less money going into black market and thus untaxable
If you saw Canada five years ago, when marijuana was illegal, and saw Canada again today, now that marijuana is legal… You probably wouldn’t even notice any difference.
It is a divisive issue: some people want to legalise it, and others *really* want to legalise it
Don’t have to legalise it. Just decriminalise it.
Meanwhile Germans clean up from Octoberfest and prepare for the upcoming drunken firework shooting season.
Legalise all drugs. The crap people are snorting and smoking is just terrible quality, on health grounds it would be the wisest action, it would prevent possible future health problems. Portugal decriminalised and there’s no noises coming from that plan.
Free the Hash!
It means they can stop arresting people and sentencing them to 5 years for having the makings of a joint and start tackling, I dunno, the young lads who are on a rampage atm getting slaps on the wrist
Anyone have the full article text. I currently live in Germany and it is a divisive issue for a multitude of reasons. It’s not so cut and dry as people make it out to be.
Legalisation will require a joint effort
No. Infringement on personal freedom is a divisive issue. Cannabis is a monetary issue. A Very clever way of collecting $ when further taxation on the poor is unobtainable.
Of course, it would make so much sense for Ireland to legalise cannabis, i.e. jobs, revenue, etc. The benefits have been stated time and time again! People are gone blue in the face repeating this time and time again. However, I don’t believe it will be legalised in Ireland any time soon if ever. Purely as Ireland is too far behind other EU countries in this regard. Sure you’d be destroyed if someone knew you smoked weed. The sigma associated with cannabis in Ireland is huge…
Can it be repurposed to fuel cars? Preferably SLUT’s…Sports Luxury Utility Vehicles. I’m not voting for it if it can’t.
I would love for it to be legal here but it would need clear hard rules on who can distribution that are policed and if its something I know we as a country are shit at, its the police doing their job and the Irish public chancing their arm and taking a mile for every inch.
If they legalised cannabis, it would free up prison space and the courts for actual criminals and bring in decent tax revenue.
That URL tho…