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Hopefully, as strongest economy in EU finally gets some sanity re weed other countries not only in the bloc will follow. No reason to vilify (non-trivial) part

Hopefully, as strongest economy in EU finally gets some sanity re weed other countries not only in the bloc will follow. No reason to vilify (non-trivial) part of the population that just wants some relax in these trying times. Give users selection. Filter and punish misuse with same criteria as alcohol. Anything above doesn't make much sense. Also funny is like police unions quickly protested against, I guess significant part of their 'success' is coming from this. In US I think also companies owning private prisons push anti-legalization propaganda. As they say, just follow the money...

boibombeiro 5y ago
> think also companies owning private prisons push anti-legalization propaganda. As they say, just follow the money... There is way more propaganda in favor of legalization. And more money can be made selling cannabis than was ever made with prisional system. I've read books, read papers about cannabis. There isnt enough information to make any claim weather legalization would cause a net positive or negative change in society. Because of this, people usually goes into more philosophical argumentation. Which is fine. But it is funny seeing people arguing that cannabis should be legalized because freedom. But are not OK with people using the same argument for not taking vaccines. (I know this "nuanced", still find funny)
piva00 5y ago
My belief is that after Germany push for legalisation we will probably see France, the Netherlands, Belgium and maybe Spain and Portugal following on the next 5 years. For the rest of the block I believe it will be a very slow push, probably only after seeing the benefits for the budgets of countries legalising through new taxes that will push politicians to chase the money. I don't think Sweden will see any kind of reform or push for legalisation on the next 10 years, the anti-drugs policies and general environment is pretty strong since the 70s (or way before if you consider the failed prohibition movement from the early 20th century).

boibombeiro 5y ago

> think also companies owning private prisons push anti-legalization propaganda. As they say, just follow the money... There is way more propaganda in favor of legalization. And more money can be made selling cannabis than was ever made with prisional system. I've read books, read papers about cannabis. There isnt enough information to make any claim weather legalization would cause a net positive or negative change in society. Because of this, people usually goes into more philosophical argumentation. Which is fine. But it is funny seeing people arguing that cannabis should be legalized because freedom. But are not OK with people using the same argument for not taking vaccines. (I know this "nuanced", still find funny)

piva00 5y ago

My belief is that after Germany push for legalisation we will probably see France, the Netherlands, Belgium and maybe Spain and Portugal following on the next 5 years. For the rest of the block I believe it will be a very slow push, probably only after seeing the benefits for the budgets of countries legalising through new taxes that will push politicians to chase the money. I don't think Sweden will see any kind of reform or push for legalisation on the next 10 years, the anti-drugs policies and general environment is pretty strong since the 70s (or way before if you consider the failed prohibition movement from the early 20th century).