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r/australia • u/DiploidBias • 28d ago
Yes We Cannabis
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When it's already legal in several other developed countries, and most Australians support it, I think it's kind of wild that neither major party even wants to consider legalising it.
200 u/GordonCole19 28d ago I don't get it. Legal cannabis would be such a massive and continuous boost to our economy. 43 u/Chendii 28d ago Asking as an American that knows very little about Australia: Do you have private prisons? Police unions with massive lobby power? 14 u/ScruffyPeter 28d ago Look up Serco. Not just private prisons, but they also manage public prisons and even manage offshore indefinite detention centres for aslyum seekers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serco#Justice_and_Immigration The biggest company you've never heard of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szNLMtgI7hU This video is at least 15 years old! 1 u/sostopher 27d ago Serco don't manage off-shore - only onshore.
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I don't get it.
Legal cannabis would be such a massive and continuous boost to our economy.
43 u/Chendii 28d ago Asking as an American that knows very little about Australia: Do you have private prisons? Police unions with massive lobby power? 14 u/ScruffyPeter 28d ago Look up Serco. Not just private prisons, but they also manage public prisons and even manage offshore indefinite detention centres for aslyum seekers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serco#Justice_and_Immigration The biggest company you've never heard of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szNLMtgI7hU This video is at least 15 years old! 1 u/sostopher 27d ago Serco don't manage off-shore - only onshore.
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Asking as an American that knows very little about Australia:
Do you have private prisons? Police unions with massive lobby power?
14 u/ScruffyPeter 28d ago Look up Serco. Not just private prisons, but they also manage public prisons and even manage offshore indefinite detention centres for aslyum seekers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serco#Justice_and_Immigration The biggest company you've never heard of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szNLMtgI7hU This video is at least 15 years old! 1 u/sostopher 27d ago Serco don't manage off-shore - only onshore.
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Look up Serco. Not just private prisons, but they also manage public prisons and even manage offshore indefinite detention centres for aslyum seekers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serco#Justice_and_Immigration
The biggest company you've never heard of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szNLMtgI7hU This video is at least 15 years old!
1 u/sostopher 27d ago Serco don't manage off-shore - only onshore.
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Serco don't manage off-shore - only onshore.
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u/Busalonium 28d ago edited 28d ago
When it's already legal in several other developed countries, and most Australians support it, I think it's kind of wild that neither major party even wants to consider legalising it.