Mexico is on its way! We have three candidates for our upcoming elections this summer. The two women candidates, Sheinbaum and Gálvez, have participated in public debates favoring lenient regularization, and Álvarez has spoken publicly about full legalization.
Claudia Sheinbaum is leading the race, so not only will we most likely get our first woman president, but legal weed as well!
It better be Greenland or I'll be disappointed
Germany legalised it last months so I would expect some of the neighbouring countries to follow suit soon.
Germany did not legalise. It got decriminalise to a very Limited extend.
E.g. the "Bundesgerichtshof" ruled a few days ago that 7.5 g of pure THC is a "nicht geringe Menge" which means 3 months Minimum. Which means that If you have 50 g of Hash with 40% THC you already have 20 g of pure THC. The CannG explicitly states that having 50 g of Hash at Home is legal. Lets See how that plays Out.
In a shocking turnabout, Atlantis announces legalized marijuanna and also their continued existence.
Definitely not the UK, unfortunately.
No we just grow it so prone ministers can benefit
Australia is on the way.
The West has lost the 'war on drugs', whatever that means.
The only way out is to regulate (and therefore tax) them. Cannabis is the gateway drug (pun intended).
I'm old and tried something mild ish when I young. It didn't really do much for me so I never went down that path. I don't even drink more than a unit a fortnight, usually I'm driving and I only drink socially. Just don't fancy it much anymore.
As far as I'm concerned, the benefits of living today are mainly being funneled to an elite. Taxes were mostly levied on companies and have become taxes levied on the individual, with companies not really paying tax at all. People are struggling to hold it together. Drugs represent escapism pending some kind of revolution.
I'm one of 'Thatcher's children' - A Gen X watching young people today giving up. If you had told me last century that I would have written such a thing today, I would have punched you.
I believe that the move left of the politics of today represents the population asking for help.
The Holy See.
Trust me.
USA if Trump doesn't win.
France otherwise.
I'm going with Denmark or Norway
Not a country, but the states in the US that don't have for-profit prisons
Im guessing the 22 states that have banned for-profit prisons overlaps heavily with the list of recreational weed states
i cant wait to pay even more taxes :)
From Canada, where legalization has happened, it's pretty much like nothing changed, except there are way more products on the market at way cheaper prices than before. Most people consume cannabis in their personal spaces, and there has been a ton of tax revenue, despite consumers paying about half of what I was paying before on the black market.
It's all-around a huge win.
Yeah I'll gladly pay 6% (the recreational-use tax here) to have access to whole array of products of varying strengths and methods of delivery. The ability to just walk into one of dozens of shops and purchase whatever flower/concentrates/edibles I want was an absolute game changer for me. The black market prices are super competitive but legal shops have so much more variety and you have a better idea of what you're getting.
Hopefully none
What's wrong with a government deciding to regulate and tax a previously illegal substance that is less harmful than many legal drugs at the moment, thus reducing revenue streams for cartels and gangs along with getting more money that the government can use?
Hopefully none. Cannabis is really bad for your health and should NOT be used for "fun":
- Marijuana causes an "increased risk of stroke, heart disease, and other vascular diseases." (CDC, 2020-a)
- "Smoke from marijuana has many of the same toxins, irritants, and carcinogens (cancer-causing chemicals) as tobacco smoke." (CDC, 2020-b)
- "People who use marijuana are more likely to develop [...] long-lasting mental disorders, including schizophrenia (a type of mental illness where people might see or hear things that are not really there)." (CDC, 2020-c)
There's thousands of activities with less adverse effects than doing drugs. PLEASE get a hobby other than trying to fry your brain with chemicals.
References
- US Center for Disease Control (CDC). October 19, 2020-a. Marijuana and Public Health: Heart Health. https://www.cdc.gov/marijuana/health-effects/heart-health.html
- US Center for Disease Control (CDC). October 19, 2020-b. Marijuana and Public Health: Lung Health. https://www.cdc.gov/marijuana/health-effects/lung-health.html
- US Center for Disease Control (CDC). October 19, 2020-c. Marijuana and Public Health: Mental Health. https://www.cdc.gov/marijuana/health-effects/mental-health.html
I respect your suggestion, but not your hope that people are unable to make their own choices.
your hope that people are unable to make their own choices.
My only hope is to stop people from destroying their physical and mental health in their short-sighted pursuits of feel-good chemicals.
Alcohol, caffeine and tobacco should also be banned, but their capitalist industry is too big at this point to be stopped. Let's not add another monopoly to the list of legal-drugs
- Marijuana causes an "increased risk of stroke, heart disease, and other vascular diseases." (CDC, 2020-a)
Only when smoked, from the link you provided:
It is hard to separate the effects of marijuana chemicals on the cardiovascular system from those caused by the irritants and other chemicals that are present in the smoke. More research is needed to understand the full impact of marijuana use on the cardiovascular system to determine if marijuana use leads to higher risk of death.
So this is only a health issue if smoked, marijuana can be consumed in other ways, therefore this point is moot. Smoking oregano probably causes the same side effect, I doubt you're in favor of banning oregano.
- "Smoke from marijuana has many of the same toxins, irritants, and carcinogens (cancer-causing chemicals) as tobacco smoke." (CDC, 2020-b)
So do cars, do you think we should ban cars? In fact almost all smokes contain carcinogenics, should we also ban coal? Power plants?
- "People who use marijuana are more likely to develop [...] long-lasting mental disorders, including schizophrenia (a type of mental illness where people might see or hear things that are not really there)." (CDC, 2020-c)
Correlation does not imply causation, have you read the actual studies? All of them concur that it's possible that people with schizophrenia are more likely to use marijuana. And a lot of the meta-analysis point to the fact that no study has normalized for family history which is the largest predictor for schizophrenia. It's actually kind of funny, a study finds a possible correlation, other study lists that and another one and claims the fact that two different studies found correlation implies a stronger link, another meta-study links that and other similar and claims that because so many have found a strong link it implies causation, if you go back the 4 or 5 levels from the study you publish to the ones that actually studied people you'll notice that none of them claim causation.
Only when smoked marijuana can be consumed in other ways
That's good to know. At least the vascular diseases can be avoided when smoking pot. That does nothing for the carcinogens though.
So do cars, do you think we should ban cars? In fact almost all smokes contain carcinogenics, should we also ban coal? Power plants?
Yes. They must eventually be replaced with environmentally friendlier alternatives. Carcinogens are unacceptable and should never be willingly ingested just for fun.
All of them concur that ...
Citation needed. Which specific articles are you referring to when you say "All of them"? Call me crazy, but I have a hutch you did not read every single cannabis study that's ever been written.
... a lot of the meta-analysis point to ...
Citation needed. Which meta-analysis? Written by whom? When?
none of them claim causation.
Citation needed. Which specific articles are you referring to when you say "none of them"? Call me crazy, but I have a hutch you did not read every single cannabis study that's ever been written.
Is that any worse than caffeine, alcohol, etc? Do you advocate for making those illegal?
