The thing that really angers me about that case, besides the obvious horribleness of going after a sick person like this, is how needless it is.
People can differ on their views about medical cannabis. I don’t see room for difference though on the appropriateness of criminally prosecuting someone like this who is breaking a law but in a way that hurts absolutely nobody.
She grows the stuff herself and uses it herself. Even the Gardaí don’t contest that aspect. She can’t be accused of contributing to organised crime or getting others addicted or any of that shite.
This is a use of state resources, and the sharpest point of state power, to take a cut out of someone who is harming nobody. It doesn’t make anyone safer to do this. It’s enforcement of the law for its own sake, and it just highlights how entirely unjust that law is in the first place.
Diageo will fight against any form of legalization tooth and nail. Follow the money…
My doctor has a hemp farm.
I agree. Should have been legalised long ago.
I don’t smoke it but Cannabis should absolutely be legalized for medical purposes. Alcohol is a far far more destructive drug(that’s what it is a drug), kills way more people (Canmbis never killed anyone as far as I know or it’s literally miniscule numbers). All cannabis does is making you sleepy. Rediculous it’s illegal.
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The thing that really angers me about that case, besides the obvious horribleness of going after a sick person like this, is how needless it is.
People can differ on their views about medical cannabis. I don’t see room for difference though on the appropriateness of criminally prosecuting someone like this who is breaking a law but in a way that hurts absolutely nobody.
She grows the stuff herself and uses it herself. Even the Gardaí don’t contest that aspect. She can’t be accused of contributing to organised crime or getting others addicted or any of that shite.
This is a use of state resources, and the sharpest point of state power, to take a cut out of someone who is harming nobody. It doesn’t make anyone safer to do this. It’s enforcement of the law for its own sake, and it just highlights how entirely unjust that law is in the first place.
Diageo will fight against any form of legalization tooth and nail. Follow the money…
My doctor has a hemp farm.
I agree. Should have been legalised long ago.
I don’t smoke it but Cannabis should absolutely be legalized for medical purposes. Alcohol is a far far more destructive drug(that’s what it is a drug), kills way more people (Canmbis never killed anyone as far as I know or it’s literally miniscule numbers). All cannabis does is making you sleepy. Rediculous it’s illegal.