05-24-2003, 09:12 AM
Here in New Zealand Marijuana is labeled as a class C drug and carries a conviction if caught using or dealing it. Some parts of our government are propossing that it be decriminlised, in which case it is still illegal to use or deal, but usage of it will not result in a permanent criminal conviction, this is to prevent young teens who try it once and get caught from having a permanent record.
IMHO, Marijuana is less of a problem than alcohol. People often become violent, abusive and dangerous to others (I work as a barman and have some nasty incidents first hand) whereas people who are stoned tend to either giggle lots or sit staring at the ceiling for hours on end. I believe that the same rules should apply for class C drugs that do for alcohol; it should have a minimum age limit, it should be illegal to be under the influence while driving or working and any form of illegitimate trade should be highly illegal.
One of the reasons Marijuana and other drugs are such a problem is because they are illegal, people still want them which forces the dealing and usage of them underground. As law enforcement tightens, the underground market becomes nastier. Crops found by police here are often surrounded by barbed wire, man traps and heavies with weapons are usually not to far off. Making the drug available in stores or as prescription medication will greatly reduce (but not entirely remove) this problem.
Other drugs such as Fantasy, Dachura, LSD, Ectasy and Cocaine should be illegal as their effects are often life-threating to the individual using it, or put the indivudual in a position where they are potentially life threating to others.
I personally do not use drugs, nor do I intend to (My parents acid-hippie experiences have put me right off), but I think that people sometimes need to make decisions based on their own experiences and mistakes, not because a law decrees it so, within reason of course.
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for the simple reasons tha potheads gave us Java. Who else would name a coffee type a programming language? potheads!
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Actually, they called it Java after discovering that their intended name, Oak, was already a programming language. I believe management were in a Coffee house when deciding what to change the name to.
IMHO, Marijuana is less of a problem than alcohol. People often become violent, abusive and dangerous to others (I work as a barman and have some nasty incidents first hand) whereas people who are stoned tend to either giggle lots or sit staring at the ceiling for hours on end. I believe that the same rules should apply for class C drugs that do for alcohol; it should have a minimum age limit, it should be illegal to be under the influence while driving or working and any form of illegitimate trade should be highly illegal.
One of the reasons Marijuana and other drugs are such a problem is because they are illegal, people still want them which forces the dealing and usage of them underground. As law enforcement tightens, the underground market becomes nastier. Crops found by police here are often surrounded by barbed wire, man traps and heavies with weapons are usually not to far off. Making the drug available in stores or as prescription medication will greatly reduce (but not entirely remove) this problem.
Other drugs such as Fantasy, Dachura, LSD, Ectasy and Cocaine should be illegal as their effects are often life-threating to the individual using it, or put the indivudual in a position where they are potentially life threating to others.
I personally do not use drugs, nor do I intend to (My parents acid-hippie experiences have put me right off), but I think that people sometimes need to make decisions based on their own experiences and mistakes, not because a law decrees it so, within reason of course.
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for the simple reasons tha potheads gave us Java. Who else would name a coffee type a programming language? potheads!
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Actually, they called it Java after discovering that their intended name, Oak, was already a programming language. I believe management were in a Coffee house when deciding what to change the name to.
esus saves.... Passes to Moses, shoots, he scores!
) but they would happyily sit around and get stoned.. which is more frowned upon here than getting drunk. Guess it must be a hangover from prohibition, so smoking pot replaced booze as the recreational activity of the younger generation.
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) to help me reach deep psychological conclusions about myself which I could previously not realize without the use of drugs that make me believe there's somebody quietly playing a Casio keyboard in the other room.