Some results to chew on this beautiful Sunday morning…
**Statement: “The personal use of drugs should be decriminalised.”**
– Support: 50%
– Oppose: 30%
– Unsure: 20%
**Statement: “There should be the legislation and regulated sale of cannabis for recreational purposes.”**
– Support: 54%
– Oppose: 31%
– Unsure: 15%
**Statement: “There should be greater investment in services that reduce the health and social harms of problem drug use, such as supervised injection centres.”**
– Support: 69%
– Oppose: 12%
– Unsure: 19%
**Statement: “There should be greater availability of currently illegal drugs but only for therapeutic or medicinal use.”**
– Support: 70%
– Oppose: 14%
– Unsure: 16%
So it’s like abortion. Public opinion is way ahead of the politicians, who are so out of touch they need a citizens’ assembly to tell them it’s ok to support liberalisation.
“There should be greater investment in services that reduce the health and social harms of problem drug use, such as supervised injection centres.”
If you oppose something like this, you’re a fucking cunt. There’s no other way about it.
Once FF and FG become directors of cannabis companies we’ll start to see changes to the law
Citizens Assembly is the biggest load of bullshit. I’m not even talking about a specific recommendation. But their only purpose is to propose stuff the government wants anyway and then allow TDs to say “well the citizens assembly wanted it”.
We elect them to make the decisions. So make the decisions.
At the very minimum cannabis should be decriminalised
12% of people oppose **There should be greater investment in services that reduce the health and social harms of problem drug use, such as supervised injection centres.**
Who the fuck are these people!?
100% full legislation of all currently illegal drugs is what should be done.
The “War on Drugs” isn’t working, never has and Ireland needs to look towards those jurisdictions that are having some success, otherwise it is our families and friends who become the casualties. My eldest brother (passed away from AIDS in 92) had a collection of medicinal tins and the like from the 1920’s up until the 1960’s. Brand Names around today, “ZESTY” the businessman’s pick me up!”…. ingredients cocaine, amphetamine and some guarana!. That’s one I clearly remember. 90% of street robbings/muggings are carried out by addicted person’s.
Statement: “There should be the legislation and regulated sale of cannabis for recreational purposes.”
Support: 54%
Oppose: 31%
Unsure: 15%
A majority supports legalisation but politicians are still trying to even stop it being discussed at the citizens assembly. Not sure how the other citizens assemblies worked but for the one coming on drug use, they are trying to set it up so that it’s only about harm reduction. They don’t seem to understand that a majority of drug users don’t become addicts and aren’t problem drug users. There’s a massive amount of people who just enjoy occasionally taking drugs like alcohol and cannabis etc and this drug use has a positive impact on their social and private lives. From hearing politicians talking about the citizens assembly for the last year, I wouldn’t be surprised if something like the legislation of cannabis (as apposed to the decriminalisation) is effectively stopped from being discussed. Disappointing.
I can see you getting heavy pressure from the UK against legalising or decriminalisng given the open border. Not that they’d engage in any sort of propaganda of course.
Can’t wait for the the rip off tourist price for green at Temple Bar being the topic of discussion. 28 euro for a joint!
I certainly wouldn’t vote in favour of legalising it like the U.S., wonder just who they asked in this poll?
Canada has not been perfect but it’s not a bad template to follow for the most part. Small amounts are ok to grow and commercial operations have clear regulations to follow (security, quality, labelling etc) similar to natural health products.
Why would we not want cannabis products making the country money instead of costing us money in terms of Garda resources and courts?
Whoever is against the decriminalisation of drugs is either making money of drug related criminal activity or owns a prison, everything else is bullshit.
I myself have suffered enough unrelenting ACE-related hyper-anxiety to have known, enjoyed and appreciated the great release upon consuming alcohol or THC. Yet, I once was one of those who, while sympathetic, would look down on those who’d ‘allowed’ themselves to become addicted to alcohol and/or illicit ‘hard’ drugs.
Regardless, neglecting people dealing with debilitating drug addiction should never have been an acceptable or preferable political option. But the more callous politics that are typically involved with lacking addiction funding/services tend to reflect conservative electorate opposition, however irrational, against making proper treatment available to low- and no-income addicts.
It’s like some people are considered disposable!
Even to an otherwise relatively civilized nation, their worth is measured basically by their sober ‘productivity’ or lack thereof. Those people may then begin perceiving themselves as worthless and accordingly live their daily lives and consume their substances more haphazardly.
Sadly, many chronically addicted people won’t miss this world if they never wake up. It’s not that they necessarily want to die; it’s that they want their pointless corporeal hell to cease and desist.
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Some results to chew on this beautiful Sunday morning…
**Statement: “The personal use of drugs should be decriminalised.”**
– Support: 50%
– Oppose: 30%
– Unsure: 20%
**Statement: “There should be the legislation and regulated sale of cannabis for recreational purposes.”**
– Support: 54%
– Oppose: 31%
– Unsure: 15%
**Statement: “There should be greater investment in services that reduce the health and social harms of problem drug use, such as supervised injection centres.”**
– Support: 69%
– Oppose: 12%
– Unsure: 19%
**Statement: “There should be greater availability of currently illegal drugs but only for therapeutic or medicinal use.”**
– Support: 70%
– Oppose: 14%
– Unsure: 16%
So it’s like abortion. Public opinion is way ahead of the politicians, who are so out of touch they need a citizens’ assembly to tell them it’s ok to support liberalisation.
“There should be greater investment in services that reduce the health and social harms of problem drug use, such as supervised injection centres.”
If you oppose something like this, you’re a fucking cunt. There’s no other way about it.
Once FF and FG become directors of cannabis companies we’ll start to see changes to the law
Citizens Assembly is the biggest load of bullshit. I’m not even talking about a specific recommendation. But their only purpose is to propose stuff the government wants anyway and then allow TDs to say “well the citizens assembly wanted it”.
We elect them to make the decisions. So make the decisions.
At the very minimum cannabis should be decriminalised
12% of people oppose **There should be greater investment in services that reduce the health and social harms of problem drug use, such as supervised injection centres.**
Who the fuck are these people!?
100% full legislation of all currently illegal drugs is what should be done.
The “War on Drugs” isn’t working, never has and Ireland needs to look towards those jurisdictions that are having some success, otherwise it is our families and friends who become the casualties. My eldest brother (passed away from AIDS in 92) had a collection of medicinal tins and the like from the 1920’s up until the 1960’s. Brand Names around today, “ZESTY” the businessman’s pick me up!”…. ingredients cocaine, amphetamine and some guarana!. That’s one I clearly remember. 90% of street robbings/muggings are carried out by addicted person’s.
Statement: “There should be the legislation and regulated sale of cannabis for recreational purposes.”
Support: 54%
Oppose: 31%
Unsure: 15%
A majority supports legalisation but politicians are still trying to even stop it being discussed at the citizens assembly. Not sure how the other citizens assemblies worked but for the one coming on drug use, they are trying to set it up so that it’s only about harm reduction. They don’t seem to understand that a majority of drug users don’t become addicts and aren’t problem drug users. There’s a massive amount of people who just enjoy occasionally taking drugs like alcohol and cannabis etc and this drug use has a positive impact on their social and private lives. From hearing politicians talking about the citizens assembly for the last year, I wouldn’t be surprised if something like the legislation of cannabis (as apposed to the decriminalisation) is effectively stopped from being discussed. Disappointing.
https://archive.is/2023.02.25-211610/https://www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opinion/ahead-of-a-citizens-assembly-on-drug-use-poll-shows-public-favour-changes-in-the-law/
I can see you getting heavy pressure from the UK against legalising or decriminalisng given the open border. Not that they’d engage in any sort of propaganda of course.
Can’t wait for the the rip off tourist price for green at Temple Bar being the topic of discussion. 28 euro for a joint!
I certainly wouldn’t vote in favour of legalising it like the U.S., wonder just who they asked in this poll?
Canada has not been perfect but it’s not a bad template to follow for the most part. Small amounts are ok to grow and commercial operations have clear regulations to follow (security, quality, labelling etc) similar to natural health products.
Why would we not want cannabis products making the country money instead of costing us money in terms of Garda resources and courts?
Whoever is against the decriminalisation of drugs is either making money of drug related criminal activity or owns a prison, everything else is bullshit.
I myself have suffered enough unrelenting ACE-related hyper-anxiety to have known, enjoyed and appreciated the great release upon consuming alcohol or THC. Yet, I once was one of those who, while sympathetic, would look down on those who’d ‘allowed’ themselves to become addicted to alcohol and/or illicit ‘hard’ drugs.
Regardless, neglecting people dealing with debilitating drug addiction should never have been an acceptable or preferable political option. But the more callous politics that are typically involved with lacking addiction funding/services tend to reflect conservative electorate opposition, however irrational, against making proper treatment available to low- and no-income addicts.
It’s like some people are considered disposable!
Even to an otherwise relatively civilized nation, their worth is measured basically by their sober ‘productivity’ or lack thereof. Those people may then begin perceiving themselves as worthless and accordingly live their daily lives and consume their substances more haphazardly.
Sadly, many chronically addicted people won’t miss this world if they never wake up. It’s not that they necessarily want to die; it’s that they want their pointless corporeal hell to cease and desist.