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For many people in the world - weed is still illegal including most of EU, Asia, Africa, Middle East and Australia. We're making progress. No point in looking b
by systemvoltage 5y ago
For many people in the world - weed is still illegal including most of EU, Asia, Africa, Middle East and Australia. We're making progress. No point in looking back except for the fact that we should learn from it.
- tdeck 5y agoI think OP was alluding to the fact that people are still in prison for possession that would now be legal.
- kube-system 5y agoThere are apparently a couple of countries that put people to death for cannabis offenses. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_for_cannabis_trafficking https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_for_canna...
- actuator 5y agoSingapore always amazes me. Incredibly well developed with high per capita income but too much of a nanny state. Maybe the people there are happy with some advantages that come with being a nanny state and don't wish to change that.
- vmception 5y agoLike most jurisdictions, they don't know anything else Alot of people in Singapore arent happy with it
- cies 5y agoBeing a nanny state and killing people for possession of a plant with recreational and medicinal value is quite a stretch.
- pjc50 5y agoIt was a British colony that after freedom became an electoral one party state. While opposition politics isn't exactly suppressed, there's very little room for it .. socially? As you say, strange place.