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Hey, drug on wars still exists in the world. You can get excessive jail time just for having some (regardless of quantity) marijuana on you - and that is in "we

by arpa 7y ago

Hey, drug on wars still exists in the world. You can get excessive jail time just for having some (regardless of quantity) marijuana on you - and that is in "western" country. It was not so long ago that "marijuana had no possible medical application" and was scheduled as a class A drug in UK (and I think, still is). There is a lot of stigma, and decades of bad science, propaganda, and manufactured hatred run deep. Research is difficult, if at all possible because excessively harsh legislation. And who benefits?.. criminal cartels and enforcement agencies. This is also why scientists go such extreme lengths to create psychoactive mimics ("legal highs") - so they can research the stuff that is at least similar without going to jail. It's a fucked up world, my friend. It's not the scientists' approach that is wrong, it's the legislators...

robin_reala 7y ago
Cannabis was downgraded from class A to a class C drug in the UK in 2004, but was upgraded to class B five years later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugs_controlled_by_the_UK_Misuse_of_Drugs_Act#Class_B_drugs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugs_controlled_by_the_UK_Mis...
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- globular-toast 7y ago
  It was downgraded from class B. It was never class A. The next government returned it to class B because "drugs bad".
  - robin_reala 7y ago
    You are of course right.
tdy721 7y ago
You can go to jail for alcohol too. Just depends where you are.
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- TomMarius 7y ago
  Which western country is that? AFAIK even most islamist states allow alcohol for non-muslims.
  - ejolto 7y ago
    In Norway you can get up to 6 months in prison for selling alcohol that is over 60% ethanol by volume. Up to 2 years if the offense is "particularly serious".
    - TomMarius 7y ago
      Oh yeah, I forgot about Norway. I have a (Czech) friend there, they have to pull down the sunblinds when they want to drink a beer. Seems insane to me, also a Czech guy.
      - ccsalvesen 7y ago
        As a Norwegian I can tell you that your friend is pulling your leg. You are free to drink on private property. I have never heard about anyone being arrested for responsible drinking in public parks, beaches and places like that. It's not allowed to serve people that is "visibly intoxicated" but almost no one cares. At a normal Friday and Saturday night, Oslo is a battlefield of shitfaced people.
        ejolto 7y ago
        Oslo is very liberal when it comes to public drinking. It's not uncommon to get fined for drinking in parks in other cities in Norway. I've only heard of someone getting arrested for it once though, and that was because he refused to pour out the beer when requested by a police officer and chugged it instead.
        M2Ys4U 7y ago

by arpa 7y ago

robin_reala 7y ago

Cannabis was downgraded from class A to a class C drug in the UK in 2004, but was upgraded to class B five years later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugs_controlled_by_the_UK_Misuse_of_Drugs_Act#Class_B_drugs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugs_controlled_by_the_UK_Mis...

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globular-toast 7y ago
It was downgraded from class B. It was never class A. The next government returned it to class B because "drugs bad".
- robin_reala 7y ago
  You are of course right.

tdy721 7y ago

You can go to jail for alcohol too. Just depends where you are.

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TomMarius 7y ago
Which western country is that? AFAIK even most islamist states allow alcohol for non-muslims.
- ejolto 7y ago
  In Norway you can get up to 6 months in prison for selling alcohol that is over 60% ethanol by volume. Up to 2 years if the offense is "particularly serious".
  - TomMarius 7y ago
    Oh yeah, I forgot about Norway. I have a (Czech) friend there, they have to pull down the sunblinds when they want to drink a beer. Seems insane to me, also a Czech guy.
    - ccsalvesen 7y ago
      As a Norwegian I can tell you that your friend is pulling your leg. You are free to drink on private property. I have never heard about anyone being arrested for responsible drinking in public parks, beaches and places like that. It's not allowed to serve people that is "visibly intoxicated" but almost no one cares. At a normal Friday and Saturday night, Oslo is a battlefield of shitfaced people.
      - ejolto 7y ago
        Oslo is very liberal when it comes to public drinking. It's not uncommon to get fined for drinking in parks in other cities in Norway. I've only heard of someone getting arrested for it once though, and that was because he refused to pour out the beer when requested by a police officer and chugged it instead.
      - M2Ys4U 7y ago