Should cannabis be legalised?

[anto eile]

no. anyone who wants it legalised should cop on. the stuff will fvck you up. continuous use will turn you paranoid. it will casues psychological problems further down the line and chances of cancer are ten timnes more likely than from regular cigarettes. for the record imo smoking should be banned too

[WeAreRovers]

no. anyone who wants it legalised should cop on. the stuff will fvck you up. continuous use will turn you paranoid. it will casues psychological problems further down the line and chances of cancer are ten timnes more likely than from regular cigarettes. for the record imo smoking should be banned too

Someone's stolen anto eile and replaced him with this loon!

KOH

[pete]

I've decided it should be legalised on basis of personal freedom.

If someone wants to mess themselves up they should be allowed as long as not impacting others. Alcohol already does a good enough job for a lot of people.

[Éanna]

I've decided it should be legalised on basis of personal freedom.

If someone wants to mess themselves up they should be allowed as long as not impacting others. Alcohol already does a good enough job for a lot of people.

thats it in a nutshell

[SÓC]

I've decided it should be legalised on basis of personal freedom.

If someone wants to mess themselves up they should be allowed as long as not impacting others. Alcohol already does a good enough job for a lot of people.

I'd agree to a point, the smoking ban has made my opinion on this issue far more relaxed.

The main worries I would have about it is the problem in Amsterdam where the cafés have to source from the dealers still. AFAIK (I am totally open to correction on this) the Dutch couldnt legalise it fully under international law.
Can you imagne a situation where the drug is legal in Ireland but illegal in the Six counties?

I accept that my views are ignorant of the facts to a point, I've never tried the stuff but then again most people I know use it on a semi-regular basis.

Could we produce sufficent amounts in Ireland to meet demand? If not then we'd have to buy it in illegally...

[anto eile]

Someone's stolen anto eile and replaced him with this loon!

KOH

[anto1208]

the biggest reason to legalise it is that the law doesnt work now , remember prohabition in the states only led to the rise of the mafia because its only people that have nothing to loose and a lot of money to make that will go into this business .

banning the growing of a plant ( think about that for a second ) will only lead to people that have no fear or respect for the law takin it over , it has gone from people growing there own for them and there mates into a seedy underworld were the people involved will kill you if you get in the way as we can see every week in this country .

weed is more expensive than gold ounce for ounce imagine growing a gold tree , the money made of drugs is so large that people are willing to do just about anything to protect there patch !!

few facts if drugs were legalised the money could go to the gov for hospitals and cops or educating people on the damage they do not to dealers for guns

the cost would drop considerably so junkies wouldnt have to rob so much to feed there habbit .

the drugs would be made in a propper lab not in a unsafe dingy little flat somewhere with a dealer who will mix rat poison etc to make a few extra £ .
its what is added that kills you not the drugs them selfs .

any way more people are killed by the dealers than the drugs !!

[tiktok]

On the other hand, it does lead to people embracing other drugs. That's not scaremongering. It's a fact. I know of very very few people who just smoke joints. Most people take other drugs as well, such as speed, coke, ecstacy, acid etc. It's not just a case of smoking a joint, there's a culture that goes with it as well.

I don't actually agree with this.

The people who use the 'gateway' drug theory seem, at least IMO, to base all their research by asking people addicted to harder drugs how they started. Naturally a lot will have started smoking cannabis, but that research is inherently flawed and akin to asking alcoholics how they got started and banning all beer based in their testimony.

While Cannabis is illegal, people will be slow to admit that they use it, but there are many people using it who never even consider using other harder drugs.

The other side of Cannabis as a gateway drug also is based in it's illegality since you have to obtain it from drug dealers. These guys will want you using more expensive drugs which tend towards more frequenty usage. If Cannabis was legalised and available over the counter, people's exposure to Coke etc. etc., would be reduced.

Then there's the financial sense of legalising a drug that people are using anyway and the Government claiming tax on it (and saving money trying to combat it while it's illegal) as they do with Alcohol and Cigarettes.

While there are medicinal benefits to Cannabis, there are also long term costs that come with any drug (they're all to evident with alcohol and cigarettes too) and it has to be said that the long term effects of usage aren't yet clear, but I think for cannabis allowing people the right to screw up their own lives is no worse than allowing them to do it with booze.

If you're in Dublin on Paddy's day, walk around for an hour and tell me then you wouldn't prefer everyone was just stoned.

[Gibbe84]

I also believe that weed and only weed should be legalised. I smoked it a little a few years ago and it didn't really affect me. The mainly thing was when I did big bongs and felt too tired and just fell asleep. Most people on weed are peace loving and chilled rather than the kind of violent drunks you see out in towns accross the nation on Saturday nights. I've done both and stoners are far more friendly and calm than ****heads. I would never take harder drugs because i've seen how they screw people up and the health risks and addictions. I don't know anyone who's ever taken hard drugs yet I know 20 odd people who smoke regularly just to chill. As far as i'm concerned that's fine.

[Soko]

Agree with Eanna, its the coke and ecstacy users who smoke hash to come down

Why would they want to come down? Thats the last thing people want to do when they're off thier face.

[tiktok]

Why would they want to come down? Thats the last thing people want to do when they're off thier face.

I think the point is that you're going to come down eventually, and you can come down hard or gently, with a joint helping out with the softer option.

[M@ttitude]

I think the point is that you're going to come down eventually, and you can come down hard or gently, with a joint helping out with the softer option.

Thanks..

[Soko]

I think the point is that you're going to come down eventually, and you can come down hard or gently, with a joint helping out with the softer option.

I'd doubt thats ever happened once before to be honest.