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Tougher laws in Australia
The West Australian government plans to toughen its cannabis law by reducing the legal possession limit from 30g to 10g and banning the sale of all smoking implements and paraphernalia.
To be introduced this week, the new legislation will repeal the former Labor government's Cannabis Control Act, which allowed people to cultivate two plants for personal use.
Under the new laws anyone caught with small amounts of the drug will have to undergo counselling and not re-offend in three years to clear their criminal record.
Anyone caught selling illegal smoking implements to minors will face a $10,000 fine.
While admitting he had never tried the drug, Premier Colin Barnett said health authorities were adamant "the cannabis of today is far more potent and far more lethal than the cannabis of the 1960s and 1970s."
"What I hope would happen is a reduction in the usage of cannabis and that we will be far more effective in helping people to stay away from drugs and rehabilitate if they have a drug problem," Mr Barnett said. "Almost 80 per cent of admissions (to psychiatric hospitals) are somehow drug related."
Under the second new law West Australian police will be given unprecedented powers to search people for drugs and weapons.
The new search law, to be introduced before Christmas, would mean police would no longer be required to prove grounds of suspicion in court.
Source: The Australian
Cannabis lethal? That's a blatant lie.
Just like saying 80% of admissions are drug related (which drugs?) doesn't tell us anything about the true cause of mental illnesses and emotional disorders.
And how many times do we have to repeat that drug laws do not help people stay away from drugs?
Outrageous, don't you think?
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zavala - 2009-10-19 19:49:28
"Under the second new law West Australian police will be given unprecedented powers to search people for drugs and weapons."
how is that possible.. they dont have to have probable cause??? i hope that nvr happens in the us. violating peoples rights to the maxxx
jeroen - 2009-10-19 23:24:07
+1
Its just crazy what they are doing there. And as said before 80% of the people who enter psychiatric hospitals are drug addicts? Well sure but just for the sake of being correct say which drugs. They are allways in every country taking on the battle against marihuana it seems like its a sport for politicians to catch as many stoners or recreational smokers. I wish they'd do some research on it instead of stigmatizing it all the time. Numbers don't lie but as long as those bastards earn taxes on tobacco and alcohol they will keep on selling them even when they know it kills and its bad for you're health. Marihuane may not be healthy eather (no substance is in my opinion) but in the least not as dangerous as alcohol.
I challenge the ministers to go drinking for a whole night and the next week to smoke a few joints in the evening see which one will make you feel worse in the morning you're body cant lie.
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Truth - 2009-10-18 14:27:37
There is something that we in the West consider as one of the greater goods of our society, and that is: personal responsibility.
There have been and always will be people that can't handle (certain) freedom(s). But the way this "drug problem" is "treated", illustrates what government and hierarchy in general do to people. It reduces an adult individual to that of a helpless child that needs to be directed and sometimes punished for his "misconduct". Giving children a sense of responsibility is the best way towards responsible adulthood. Forcing children to go in a certain way makes them perhaps obedient, but eventually creates frustration and hatred towards the one governing them.
When will government implement the approach of giving more personal responsibility? In my opinion: never. Or, as long as people point their fingers towards government to solve problems, for which the people themselves don't feel empowered anymore, this method will remain. This approach undermines government's very right of existence. All the trivial rules and regulations would become obsolete when people's personal responsibility would become something that would be emphasized throughout society.
On the other hand, government only emphasizes personal responsibility when it legitimizes control over the individual. They also emphasize it when there is money to be made.
What actually gives government the right to govern your personal life with all it's aspects?
Apart from all this there is also always the aspect that mind-expanding substances change people's views. In other words it makes people less suggestible to, say, the dominant view that is mostly propogated by the media. Right now the chosen drugs by the (forced upon) global dominant culture are:
1. Media
2. Alcohol
3. Caffeïne
4. Nicotine
A proven cocktail that has been very succesful at keeping the status quo.
Always and always ask yourself: Qui Bono? (Who profits?)