Cannabis legalization thread
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Tried to phone into that bastian of conservative thought, radio station 3AW this morning but they refused to put me on air as it didn't suit their narrative. I was calling in response to a bloke they took a call from who said he's only tried marijuana a few times over the years but each time - about 6 months later - he's had a seizure, once while driving. He blames it on his use cannabis and said it shouldn't be decriminalised or legalised in his opinion due to his personal experience.
I told the person screening the calls I was ringing in relation to this and wanted to say two things - one, that I have used gunja for 45 years without incident or side effects during which time I held a highly responsible job in the Commonwealth Public Service and secondly that the Pennington Institute did a report into Cannabis use in Australia in 2022 which found 37% of the population (7.8 million people) had tried it and 11.5% had used in in the previous 12 months and that laws that criminalise that many people need to be looked at. I also said that once, not long ago, homosexuality was outlawed in this country - where we have 3.5% of the population identifying as gay. As I said, they wouldn't put me on air as it didn't suit the negative narrative they were running.
I told the person screening the calls I was ringing in relation to this and wanted to say two things - one, that I have used gunja for 45 years without incident or side effects during which time I held a highly responsible job in the Commonwealth Public Service and secondly that the Pennington Institute did a report into Cannabis use in Australia in 2022 which found 37% of the population (7.8 million people) had tried it and 11.5% had used in in the previous 12 months and that laws that criminalise that many people need to be looked at. I also said that once, not long ago, homosexuality was outlawed in this country - where we have 3.5% of the population identifying as gay. As I said, they wouldn't put me on air as it didn't suit the negative narrative they were running.
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debate or discussing alternatives won’t get u a mic mate, yer better off taking the complete piss and going so hard in the same direction that they actually go hold on, that might be too far, for example forget about MC driving laws, should we be taking about deporting those bloody weed smoking hippies that are a nuisance on the road and causing all these seizures taking up hospital beds???Tried to phone into that bastian of conservative thought, radio station 3AW this morning but they refused to put me on air as it didn't suit their narrative. I was calling in response to a bloke they took a call from who said he's only tried marijuana a few times over the years but each time - about 6 months later - he's had a seizure, once while driving. He blames it on his use cannabis and said it shouldn't be decriminalised or legalised in his opinion due to his personal experience.
I told the person screening the calls I was ringing in relation to this and wanted to say two things - one, that I have used gunja for 45 years without incident or side effects during which time I held a highly responsible job in the Commonwealth Public Service and secondly that the Pennington Institute did a report into Cannabis use in Australia in 2022 which found 37% of the population (7.8 million people) had tried it and 11.5% had used in in the previous 12 months and that laws that criminalise that many people need to be looked at. I also said that once, not long ago, homosexuality was outlawed in this country - where we have 3.5% of the population identifying as gay. As I said, they wouldn't put me on air as it didn't suit the negative narrative they were running.
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The only time I see it happening is when the Government can make tax off it.
They will if they make money off it, but how?
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They make money off medical canna right now.The only time I see it happening is when the Government can make tax off it.
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Possibly licensing as well ? There's no such thing as sales tax anymore - it was replaced by the GST.
Tax on booze and tobacco is called "Excise".
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If booze and tobacco rates keep dropping and it's nearly in every movie and many T.V shows and is more socially accepted now. Maybe they will let sale of it in supermarkets or bottle shops and other place with an age limit. Who knows!
