Cannabis to be legalised in Germany from next month
- Thread starter Bald King
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I think I'm ok with it being smoked as long as I don't have to smell it everywhere outside
Gucci Massive
Striker
Just smoke it all the time when your out and about. You can never smell it when you're smoking it.
Dave Hosselhaff
Winger
I think it should be kept illegal. It's not a nice drug and will inevitably lead to experimentation ie hot knives, buckets etc
Lefty Frizzell
Striker
I absolutely love the U.K.
However, we are unique in our approach to “having a good time”. Having cannabis available will be a disaster and will have a negative impact on our society imo. We’re bad enough with booze, let alone mixing it in with cannabis.
I’m saying this as a person who used cannabis almost daily for about a decade. I haven’t touched it in almost the same length of time and my views on it have totally changed.
I don’t care how many people say otherwise, it is addictive. It becomes part of some peoples routines. It can have a horrific impact on some people and ruin their lives. I know by it being cultivated in a safe lab/farm will help with some dangers, but not all.
Cannabis is also 100% a gateway drug. As much as I hate sounding like an uncool parent, it just is. I’ve seen it myself. 13/14 start having a few drinks on a Friday night around one of your mates, whose parents are out. 15/16 one of your mates gets some awful tac from their brother etc and before you know it, it’s a few drinks and a bucket. Then it just progresses as people in the circle of wanting to have that buzz on a Friday start experimenting with coke and mdma etc. I’m sure most of us in the NE know this exact group of lads from school when growing up.
However, we are unique in our approach to “having a good time”. Having cannabis available will be a disaster and will have a negative impact on our society imo. We’re bad enough with booze, let alone mixing it in with cannabis.
I’m saying this as a person who used cannabis almost daily for about a decade. I haven’t touched it in almost the same length of time and my views on it have totally changed.
I don’t care how many people say otherwise, it is addictive. It becomes part of some peoples routines. It can have a horrific impact on some people and ruin their lives. I know by it being cultivated in a safe lab/farm will help with some dangers, but not all.
Cannabis is also 100% a gateway drug. As much as I hate sounding like an uncool parent, it just is. I’ve seen it myself. 13/14 start having a few drinks on a Friday night around one of your mates, whose parents are out. 15/16 one of your mates gets some awful tac from their brother etc and before you know it, it’s a few drinks and a bucket. Then it just progresses as people in the circle of wanting to have that buzz on a Friday start experimenting with coke and mdma etc. I’m sure most of us in the NE know this exact group of lads from school when growing up.
Good thinking mate
Monty Pigeon
Striker
Thailand's going the other way. It's currently legal but is about to become illegal again, despite becoming a $1.2 billion industry.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-...-by-year-end-says-health-minister-2024-02-29/
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-...-by-year-end-says-health-minister-2024-02-29/
Dave Hosselhaff
Winger
Oof can you imagine - booze and hash - whities everywhere
Berlin honks of it anyway. Doesn’t bother me like.
Lefty Frizzell
Striker
My mate has just been and I couldn’t believe how many of the cafes were open on the main strips in the photos. All just appeared at the same time.
Mental. Some other country with some sense will take their place. We could use the money. Just make it a London exclusive. It's a shit hole anyway.
Wild Card
Winger
I'm torn on the subject. Part of me says it's harmless in moderation, there is virtually no chance of an overdose and stoners are less likely to boot off. Plus taxing and taking the money off the black market cannot be a bad thing.
On the flip side I have seen real heavy users have their mind altered to extreme mood swings and paranoia. Plus making it accessible may temp more people, those that want it can access it anyway.
Jon Dough
Winger
My nephew spent a fair few quid opening his coffee shop in Thailand,Thai lawyer and his licences etc.
Monty Pigeon
Striker
Like I said on another thread, I'm just back from Thailand this week. Bangkok is full of places selling weed. By all accounts, the king of Thailand himself is a big fan.
Got back to UK and on Friday night had to take my wife to A&E. Someone in the next treatment cubicle was smoking a joint; heard the staff discussing what to do about it, and they decided to let him carry on in the hope that it would have a therapeutic effect on everyone there. Might be the way forward.
black cat in france
Striker
Freewheelin Franklin sez....
Amsterdam will be delighted. They've been trying to get rid of that type of tourism for a decade. The locals hate it as well.
Cult of Personality
Midfield
Now do the comparison between that and alcohol…
Alcohol should be banned, not Cannabis made legal - if you're using alcohol as a basis.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Wild Card
Winger
Or yeah, I believe alcohol is worse. More destructive to the individual and society. However, is adding something else to the mix the right thing to do? I agree with @Lefty Frizzell when he said we in the UK don't always have a healthy relationship with alcohol and other drugs.
On the other hand, if the introduction of cannabis decreased the use of other more destructive drugs then maybe it is the right thing.
It would be interesting to see the data from the counties/states that have allowed it and see how it has impacted things as a whole.
